AirTran Airways' website and call center handled 67% of its bookings in 2009, and the airline announced a deal today with American Express designed to drive even more traffic to these in-house channels.... Read More

Thousands of consumers around the world received a mysterious email from Continental Airlines last week when the airline sent a pre-flight bulletin in error.... Read More

Travel technology firm OpenWays is attempting a major push to the world's hotel chains with a new system which allows customers to open doors with a mobile.... Read More

Rearden Commerce, which offers corporate travel booking and expense management, released an iPhone app which mirrors its Web-based Personal Assistant -- both are mashups of multiple applications.... Read More

Two almost simultaneous bits of news emerging today showing how traditional travel technology firms have turned to disciplines in media to establish new revenue streams.... Read More

As SeaWorld got ready to resume conducting its Shamu Believe shows at its three parks today, it posted a video tribute to slain trainer Dawn Brancheau on its blog.... Read More

What you missed on Tnooz this week, Sunday 21 February to Saturday 27 February 2010.... Read More

JetBlue says it voluntarily halted flights from taking off for an hour this afternoon, but the technical glitch that caused it had nothing to do with its new SabreSonic reservations system.... Read More

SeaWorld has silenced Shamu as the voice of one of its Twitter accounts, but continues to engage its customers through various social-media outlets.... Read More

As the U.S. Travel Association gets ready to present a strategic plan to the U.S. Dept. of Commerce next week, in the wake of Thursday's passage of the Travel Promotion Act by the Senate, USTA President and CEO Roger Dow says e-mail and online marketing will play "a good part" in the upcoming efforts to market the U.S. as an inbound travel destination.... Read More

Figures released by hotel management software firm RateTiger paint an intriguing picture of the continual climb in online activity by hotels.... Read More

TripAdvisor has come up with a clever way of slicing and dicing its content for marketing purposes by naming its Top 10 movie hotels in the U.S., and leveraging its user-generated content to do so.... Read More

A Canadian tour operator, Go Travel South, ceased doing business "due to economic circumstances" and informed travelers that their "flights will not be departing."... Read More

Abacus says investments in technology and online space have paid off for agents with more wanting to embrace new channels.... Read More

Dublin-based Datalex, through its Travel Distribution Platform, enabled South African Airways to begin cross-selling hotels and car rentals within South Africa, the companies say.... Read More