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Malaysia Airlines latest to arm cabin crew with iPads

By Linda Fox | March 21, 2013

Malaysia Airlines is letting its cabin crew loose with iPads for a six-month trial period following a... Read More

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VeryFirstTo launches world's most expensive vacation package

By Sean O'Neil | March 21, 2013

VeryFirstTo, a UK luxury products and experiences company, is selling what it calls the world's most... Read More

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CheapOair backs away from its cheap link-exchange SEO effort

By Sean O'Neil | March 20, 2013

In the mid-2000s, link-exchanges were a popular way for travel websites to try to game Google's search... Read More

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PointsHound wants to help travellers maximise mileage earning via hotel bookings

By Linda Fox | March 20, 2013

After 30 years working in online travel PointsHound's founders decided to find a more flexible way for... Read More

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TripAdvisor announces integration with new Samsung Galaxy 4

By Nick Vivion | March 20, 2013

TripAdvisor announced a significant partnership this week: the travel advice service will be fully... Read More

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PointsHound gets seed funding to take hotel booking and loyalty miles model forward

By Linda Fox | March 20, 2013

PointsHound, a hotel booking service enabling guests to collect points from the airline loyalty scheme... Read More

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A bit of waffle: Travel-ish news from SXSW

By Nick Vivion | March 19, 2013

There was quite a bit of travel-related news happening in and around the mass chaos otherwise known as... Read More

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BBC sells Lonely Planet to NC2 Media for a near £80 million loss

By Linda Fox | March 19, 2013

After weeks of speculation and five years in BBC Worldwide's care, Lonely Planet has been sold to NC2... Read More

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Alive and oriented: German startup socializes, gamifies goal attainment

By Nick Vivion | March 18, 2013

A new startup called Alive is taking a social angle on goal attainment that brings in a person's... Read More

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Do clarified US rules mean travel bloggers must disclose freebies in relevant tweets?

By Sean O'Neil | March 18, 2013

Most US travel bloggers have assumed that they can tweet about press trips without mentioning that... Read More

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