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Location-based social network to integrate Travel Channel dining content

By Dennis Schaal | March 8, 2010

Gowalla, a location-based social-networking service on smartphones, concluded an agreement with the Travel Channel to integrate some of its content. Read More

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No sweat -- SpaFinder unveils iPhone app

By Dennis Schaal | March 8, 2010

SpaFinder launched a free iPhone app that enables travelers to use the smartphone's GPS features to find a nearby spa, access maps, directions and user reviews, check availability and make appointments. Read More

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Copy this -- Hilton Garden Inn, PrinterOn enable printing from smartphones

By Dennis Schaal | March 8, 2010

After a deal inked with mobile-printing specialist PrinterOn, Hilton Garden Inn introduced printing capabilities from smartphones for business travelers. Read More

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Travelscream to release iPhone app for hotel ancillary services

By Dennis Schaal | March 4, 2010

Hotel-deals syndicator Travelscream plans to release at the end of this month a free iPhone app which would enable hotel partners to promote ancillary services, from spa treatments to dining and tours,... Read More

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WorldMate gets new CEO, pushes mobile deals with airlines, GDSs, hotels

By Dennis Schaal | March 2, 2010

Mobile itinerary-management company WorldMate shook up its executive ranks and is making a push for cobranded deals and advertising agreements with airlines, hotels and GDSs, as well as white-label... Read More

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Travel illness doctor launches mobile app after book success

By Kevin May | March 2, 2010

Deborah Mills, a well known doctor-cum-author in the travel medicine sector, has switched channels and unveiled a mobile application for those who fall ill on holiday. Read More

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Hotel door opening technology moving to mobile devices

By Kevin May | March 1, 2010

Travel technology firm OpenWays is attempting a major push to the world's hotel chains with a new system which allows customers to open doors with a mobile. Read More

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Rearden Commerce claims better mobile-mashup

By Dennis Schaal | March 1, 2010

Rearden Commerce, which offers corporate travel booking and expense management, released an iPhone app which mirrors its Web-based Personal Assistant -- both are mashups of multiple applications. Read More

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Concur corporate-booking tool and mobile app land Southwest Airlines

By Dennis Schaal | February 25, 2010

The Priceline Hotel Negotiator, Kayak and Travelocity mobile apps may be among the top 10 free travel apps in Apple's Apps Store, but they all lack one feature that's available in Concur's mobile app --... Read More

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In a bow to TripIt, new Expedia iPhone app accommodates non-Expedia itineraries

By Dennis Schaal | February 23, 2010

Breaking new ground, Expedia launched a new iPhone app, TripAssist, which enables users to track itineraries booked on Travelocity, Opodo or Agoda -- any travel website, actually -- in addition to those... Read More

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Consumer tool TripCase gets b-to-b swagger with Omega World Travel

By Dennis Schaal | February 16, 2010

Sabre's mobile itinerary-management tool, TripCase, has been marketing itself to consumers in its early days, but it just entered the business-to-business arena by signing on its first travel management... Read More

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In cunning move, Tripwolf adopts freemium model for iPhone

By Dennis Schaal | February 9, 2010

Tripwolf, the Vienna-based online travel-guide provider, introduced a new version of its iPhone app, which provides some free content, but offers mobile users certain premium destination content for... Read More

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Two US airlines taking seat upgrades to mobile apps through Farelogix, Mobiata

By Dennis Schaal | February 1, 2010

Two U.S. airlines are testing mobile apps that would deliver seat upgrades, lounge passes, check-ins and/or priority boarding through a new partnership between Farelogix and Mobiata, officials say. Read More

Kayak's collection of customer information would 'assist' its media business

By Dennis Schaal | January 19, 2010

Kayak's burgeoning effort to turn the metasearch model on its head by facilitating some aspects of consumer bookings will go much further than its mobile app, and eventually could permeate its websites.... Read More

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DMOs and mobile - there is hope for them yet

By Stephen Joyce | December 17, 2009

In recent months there has been plenty of discussion about some of the opportunities that DMOs have when it comes to the mobile space. I also discussed how destinations have the leg up when it comes to... Read More

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