On the eve of the American Hotel & Lodging Association's March 15-16 Legislation Action Summit in Washington, D.C., a coalition of intermediaries penned an open letter to the hotel industry, urging dialogue about hoped-for federal hotel-tax legislation and inviting AH&LA leaders to meet with the group during or after the conference.... Read More

What you missed on Tnooz this week, Sunday March 7 to Saturday 13 March 2010.... Read More

Cheapflights has launched its second Zugu metasearch site in less than a month - using the ITB exhibition in Berlin to unveil a local version for the German market.... Read More

Interactive Mobile @dvertising, which offers GPS-enabled mobile destination guides in partnership with tourism authorities at trade shows, attracted a $500,000 investment from Connecticut Innovations.... Read More

So, the big day’s come and you’re ready to submit! If you haven’t done so already, you’ll need to set up your account.... Read More

Carnival Cruise Lines, which gets some 70% of its sales from traditional travel agencies, began requiring them to carry out certain functions online only.... Read More

The launch of Singapore Tourist Board’s new brand and digital strategy has gotten the sector talking.... Read More

Testing and QA - User cases are key to preparation during the final phase before app submission.... Read More

In the last round of GDS negotiations in 2007, airlines such as American Airlines and Delta Airlines stridently warned that they would pull out of major GDSs if the carriers didn't get their way.... Read More

Olaf Gueldner, manager director and president of Travelport in Europe, answers three key questions about the business and the wider GDS sector.... Read More

Apple changed the music industry with iTunes. Might smartphone manufacturers like Samsung, Nokia, Motorola and RIM or mobile operating-system providers like Apple, Google or Microsoft disrupt the travel industry by weaving themselves into the fabric of travel distribution?... Read More

Tnooz, PhoCusWright and others live blogging from the Bloggers' Summit at ITB in Berlin.... Read More

Most popular travel websites in the Hong Kong region for the week ending March 6 2010.... Read More

John Peters, the president and CEO of Tripology, says Rand McNally acquired Tripology on Friday as the 154-year-old map and travel guide company transforms itself into an online and location-based online travel company.... Read More

Dennis Woodside has some simple advice for travel marketers who will have to try to cope with the coming disruption -- "dog-fooding."... Read More