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Unisys to integrate biometric solutions with eye on reducing passenger delays
By Dennis Schaal | April 13, 2010
Unisys says it will integrate biometric solutions from its partners as it rolls out a new passenger security system designed to ease security-checkpoint lines and flight delays.... Read More
DHS wants smartphones to get smarter with chemical sniffers
By Dennis Schaal | April 13, 2010
The U.S. Dept. of Homeland Security wants to enlist your smartphone -- on a voluntary basis -- in the war on terror.... Read More
Rearden Mobile Personal Assistant reaches beyond Amex booking tool
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Rearden Mobile Personal Assistant reaches beyond Amex booking tool
By Dennis Schaal | April 13, 2010
Rearden Commerce and American Express Business Travel are taking the Rearden Mobile Personal Assistant beyond the confines of Amex's corporate-booking tool, aXiom, and are offering it to corporate customers who use other booking tools, including Sabre's GetThere and Concur Cliqbook Travel.... Read More
Travel technology tips for the Modern Road Warrior
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Travel technology tips for the Modern Road Warrior
By Timothy O'Neil-Dunne | April 13, 2010
So you get on the road and you have to choose what to do. You want to stay connected and you want to reduce the amount of time spent FIXING things.... Read More
CarRentals.com takes the iPhone out for a spin
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CarRentals.com takes the iPhone out for a spin
By Dennis Schaal | April 13, 2010
CarRentals.com, a unit of the Hotwire Group, introduced a free iPhone app, enabling users to search and book domestic and international car rentals without leaving the application.... Read More
Day Two of Five - How to manage a reputation online
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Day Two of Five - How to manage a reputation online
By Viewpoints | April 13, 2010
Next up is the idea of Sanity Searches - in other words: see yourself as others do.... Read More
UK Travel Site Crunch: Data Week End April 10 2010
By PhocusWire | April 13, 2010
Most popular travel websites in the UK for the week ending April 10 2010.... Read More
Twitter and Promoted Tweets, Virgin first travel company to try it out
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Twitter and Promoted Tweets, Virgin first travel company to try it out
By Kevin May | April 13, 2010
Virgin America will be one of the major consumer brands to trial the long awaited advertising platform from Twitter, known as Promoted Tweets.... Read More
If TravelPost traffic numbers unimpressive, what did Expedia alums really get?
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If TravelPost traffic numbers unimpressive, what did Expedia alums really get?
By Dennis Schaal | April 12, 2010
Why did Greg Slyngstad, Simon Breakwell, Rich Barton and the rest of the ex-Expedia gang at NewTravelCo decide to acquire hotel-review site TravelPost from Kayak and what did the startup actually get?... Read More
Tiger Woods, Lee Westwood, Ernie Els - top golfers love private jet portals and travel tech
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Tiger Woods, Lee Westwood, Ernie Els - top golfers love private jet portals and travel tech
By Kevin May | April 12, 2010
Plenty of attention in recent months has been on Tiger Woods, his indiscretions and whether his sponsors - including the NetJets private jet portal - would stick by him.... Read More
Farelogix row - US travel agent group wades in, suggests airlines also guilty
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Farelogix row - US travel agent group wades in, suggests airlines also guilty
By Viewpoints | April 12, 2010
The irony of the recent analysis by Jim Davidson of Farelogix - Fear and loathing in the airline industry, innovation on hold? - is that it starts and ends with the very concept it complains about – using fear as a tactic.... Read More
Spirit Airlines carry-on fees, Ryanair pay toilets get bundle of criticism
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Spirit Airlines carry-on fees, Ryanair pay toilets get bundle of criticism
By Dennis Schaal | April 12, 2010
Dept. of Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood says the DOT is looking into ways to "mitigate" Spirit Airlines' plan to charge passengers up to $45 to place bags in overhead bins.... Read More
Explorra taking the forensic route to travel search with VisualDNA deal
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Explorra taking the forensic route to travel search with VisualDNA deal
By Kevin May | April 12, 2010
If - as many argue - travellers are changing the way they search for products from text to visual then this idea from Explorra could be one to follow.... Read More
Skyscanner taps into FIFA World Cup 2010 with widgets and content
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Skyscanner taps into FIFA World Cup 2010 with widgets and content
By Kevin May | April 12, 2010
The countdown to the FIFA World Cup is well and truly under way and the rush by travel companies to capture related traffic and business appears to be growing.... Read More
Day One of Five - How to manage a reputation online
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Day One of Five - How to manage a reputation online
By Viewpoints | April 12, 2010
Your web shadow is what someone sees when they look for you on the internet, the combination of your personal presence on the web and what others say about you and post there.... Read More