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InterContinental debuts new price guarantee as hotel websites in North America dominate recovery

By Dennis Schaal | September 20, 2011

Are hotel websites kicking the butts of the online travel agencies?... Read More

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Rearden Commerce survey: Mobile apps subpar for business travel

By Dennis Schaal | September 20, 2011

Only a quarter of travel managers believe travel apps are effective for their businesses.... Read More

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Hotel chain to paper bedroom with wishes from Facebook fans

By Linda Fox | September 20, 2011

Melia International launches facebook campaign inviting fans to post wishes... Read More

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TrustYou attracts $5M in funding and acquires partner ReviewAnalyst

By Dennis Schaal | September 19, 2011

Social media monitoring firm TrustYou picked up $5 million in funding and recently crowned "strategic... Read More

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Google realizes in antitrust hearings it is all about controlling the display parameters

By Dennis Schaal | September 19, 2011

With an antitrust hearing looming, Google apparently realized that, much like the order of search... Read More

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TripAdvisor: First travel site to reach 50M visitors, but now what?

By Dennis Schaal | September 19, 2011

TripAdvisor now claims to the "first standalone travel brand" to hit the 50 million unique monthly... Read More

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Can Apple sew up travel experience with holographic TV?

By Linda Fox | September 19, 2011

Further predictions emerged over the weekend of a potential bid by Apple to break into living rooms... Read More

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Patriotic effort wins THack Boston

By Dennis Schaal | September 19, 2011

Amadeus used its own hotel API and others from SilverRail, Goby, Google and Facebook to create a... Read More

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Fly to friends Facebook app means social media ROI for companies

By Linda Fox | September 16, 2011

Sparkloft Media has created an application enabling Facebook users to book a flight to visit friends... Read More

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Travel technology shakedown - are APIs evil and is XML dead?

By Dennis Schaal | September 15, 2011

Developers grapple with data all the time, so the idea that someone might characterise data as... Read More

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