European tour operating giant TUI Travel is to begin a gradual roll-out of its Cheqqer user generated content site following the success of a Dutch pilot scheme.... Read More

A bold question, but certainly one worth asking as mobile becomes part of the establishment rather than the revolutionary upstart.... Read More

Most popular travel websites in the Hong Kong region for the week ending April 3 2010.... Read More

Vacation rental giant HomeAway has added a new revenue stream almost in the blink of an eye with the launch of a holiday home sales business.... Read More

Frommer's and NileGuide entered into a content and technology deal where NileGuide powers a portion of a new Itineraries tab on Frommers.com and Frommer's provides destination content to NileGuide.com for the first time.... Read More

It's official - the debate around merchandising has switched from the conceptual to the practical, perhaps meaning it is finally being taken very seriously.... Read More

Travelport extended a "multi-million dollar" system architecture and software agreement with IBM through the end of 2014.... Read More

A trend for UK travel companies to announce they are taking social media seriously and appointing dedicated agencies to build a strategy continues with Teletext Holidays.... Read More

Concur, which operates a spend management solution and the Concur Cliqbook Travel corporate self-booking tool, closed on a $287.5 million convertible senior note offering April 6 and intends to use net proceeds of $279 million "for general corporate purposes, including potential acquisitions and strategic transactions."... Read More

Lonely Planet has come forward to (almost) explain why it slashed the price of its glossy iPad app in half within days of its launch in the iTunes store.... Read More

AirAsia charts another milestone in its efforts on the social media front when its Facebook Fan Page exceeded the 200,000-fan base last week.... Read More

If you believe the Business Travel Coalition and industry rumblings, American Airlines is serious about proceeding with plans to make users -- presumably travel management companies, corporations and global distribution systems -- pay for content by leveraging its direct-connect business with Farelogix and perhaps other distributors.... Read More

All Nippon Airways selected Savvis to provide managed services for 90 of ANA's corporate websites and intranets, Savvis says.... Read More

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Orbitz Worldwide is making a hoped-for big push into the private-label distribution business through what it describes as an exclusive partnership with iSeatz, which provides technology and ancillary-merchandising solutions to clients including Delta Air Lines, Air France-KLM and Amtrak.... Read More