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Superfly mocks Kayak with launch of flight search and loyalty platform
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Superfly mocks Kayak with launch of flight search and loyalty platform
By Kevin May | November 24, 2011
TLabs Showcase on travel startups featuring US-based Superfly, a platform which combines a flight search engine with a loyalty scheme management system. Read More
Peace in our time: Vayant and Everbread settle long-running dispute
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Peace in our time: Vayant and Everbread settle long-running dispute
By Kevin May | November 20, 2011
A bitter row between airfare shopping technology startups Vayant and Everbread, which ended up in the courts, is over - with a settlement agreed last week. Read More
Vayant upgrades system, brings real-time to prime time
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Vayant upgrades system, brings real-time to prime time
By Kevin May | November 19, 2011
Vayant is stepping up its attempts to muscle in on the world of airfare shopping technology with a major enhancement to the core service. Read More
Google gears up for international roll-out of Flight Search
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Google gears up for international roll-out of Flight Search
By Kevin May | November 16, 2011
Just two months after taking the covers off the first iteration in the US, other countries around the world will soon be getting the Google Flight Search product. Read More
Distribute Travel brings new distribution service to suppliers, intermediaries and media
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Distribute Travel brings new distribution service to suppliers, intermediaries and media
By Kevin May | November 13, 2011
TLabs Showcase on travel startups featuring UK-based Distribute Travel, a product distribution platform for travel businesses and white label system for third party websites. Read More
Pocketvillage relaunches, creates tour and activity search API for third parties
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Pocketvillage relaunches, creates tour and activity search API for third parties
By Kevin May | November 7, 2011
Germany-based tour and activity metasearch platform Pocketvillage is heading into the world of B2B this week with the unveiling of a dedicated API for third parties to plug into. Read More
Travel search within Facebook to find flights to see friends
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Travel search within Facebook to find flights to see friends
By Kevin May | November 1, 2011
Here is an interesting idea being developed by Russian travel search startup Jizo to tap into the social graph in Facebook to help people search for flights to see their friends. Read More
CruiseCompare taps Cheapflights for flash sale test
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CruiseCompare taps Cheapflights for flash sale test
By Kevin May | October 24, 2011
Looks like no area of the industry is safe from those wanting to try the flash sale concept - this time its the cruise sector with UK metasearch site CruiseCompare having a go. Read More
Can we de-commoditize air travel once and for all?
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Can we de-commoditize air travel once and for all?
By Evan Konwiser | October 20, 2011
Why is air travel such a commodity? After all, it’s often one of the most durable memories of a trip. Read More
Google extends Hotel Finder tool beyond US destinations
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Google extends Hotel Finder tool beyond US destinations
By Linda Fox | October 19, 2011
Google's experiment with its Hotel Finder tool for US destinations must be paying off as the search giant has quietly opened it up to include European cities. Read More
Price and location continue to dominate hotel booking, agents rarely in the mix
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Price and location continue to dominate hotel booking, agents rarely in the mix
By Linda Fox | October 17, 2011
A poll from InvisibleHand, the downloadable search widget, shows consumers are overwhelmingly booking hotels based on price and location. Read More
Why we dumped the Google Plus button from the front page of our travel search site
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Why we dumped the Google Plus button from the front page of our travel search site
By Viewpoints | October 13, 2011
It was, unfortunately, bound to happen. PLUS ONE NO MORE. We removed the option to "+1" our front page today. Read More
Six myths of air travel search on the web
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Six myths of air travel search on the web
By Timothy O'Neil-Dunne | October 6, 2011
Facebook, at a recent travel conference in the US, suggested its role as one of being in the "happiness business". Read More
Roadhop brings social media tips to rail, bus and ship travel search
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Roadhop brings social media tips to rail, bus and ship travel search
By Kevin May | October 5, 2011
TLabs Showcase on travel startups featuring Singapore-based Roadhop, a social media-assisted travel search engine for non-air transportation. Read More
How is Google Flight Search performing so far? Go on, have a guess
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How is Google Flight Search performing so far? Go on, have a guess
By Kevin May | October 5, 2011
An extraordinary amount of interest in September when Google finally launched its long-awaited Flight Search product, five months after securing approval for buying ITA Software. Read More
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