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Ancillary Mania: Spirit scored $142 Million in passenger usage fees [INFOGRAPHIC]

By Sean O'Neil | August 14, 2012

US airlines are raking in enormous piles of cash from add-ons and fees, with the leader on a per... Read More

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Travel Tech Scan: Qype teams up with MyTaxi, short-term rentals get trustworthy, and interactive hotel TV gets affordable

By Sean O'Neil | August 14, 2012

Europe's version of Yelp has teamed up with Europe's version of Uber. It's one of the many interesting... Read More

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Facebook users cite travel most often as their biggest life moment [INFOGRAPHIC]

By Sean O'Neil | August 14, 2012

Facebook users add more stories about travel to their Facebook Timelines "than any other type of life... Read More

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Ancillary mania: A wave of cruise fees crests with Carnival's faster boarding program

By Sean O'Neil | August 14, 2012

Carnival Cruise Lines is testing new ancillary fee revenue, moving away from the all-inclusive fare... Read More

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Record digital usage during the 2012 Olympics suggests a strong staycation trend

By Sean O'Neil | August 14, 2012

Changes in how people vacation because of the economic upheaval since 2008 may partly explain the... Read More

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KLM continues smashing through social media, this time with piñatas

By Nick Vivion | August 13, 2012

The latest in KLM quirk comes in the form of the KLM Piñata Game that offers the chance to win 2... Read More

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Lexee follows Apple's Siri and lets non-developers add speech-enabled assistants to apps

By Sean O'Neil | August 13, 2012

Today Angel, a maker of customer experience management software, has unveiled Lexee, a speech-enabled... Read More

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Morning Scan: Billing giant Kale rebrands as Accelya and other travel tech news

By Sean O'Neil | August 13, 2012

Kale Consultants is re-branding itself as Accelya. The combined operation will handle accounting and... Read More

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Mind the gap: the mobile traveler leads the way, but who will follow?

By Nick Vivion | August 10, 2012

The path to understanding the evolving mobile travel landscape is a journey that involves both... Read More

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Beyond social, research shows hotels looking offline to drive direct bookings

By Nick Vivion | August 10, 2012

Thought-provoking new research by Ecole Hôtelière de Lausanne and RateTiger suggests hotels are... Read More

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