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Travel agents feel the pinch of the Internet - and it doesn't hurt that much
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Mobile travelers increasingly call to book - travel companies must optimize call centers
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October 16, 2013
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Hotel WiFi Test tries social media pressure to call out slow hotel WiFi
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October 15, 2013
A new travel service dubbed Hotel WiFi Test is taking a novel approach to painfully slow WiFi in...
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