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Love it or hate it, Yelp is the standard bearer for local business reviews. With 78 million uniques searching 30 million reviews in Q2 2012, a good review on Yelp is a vital marketing tool - especially for restaurants.... Read More

Some interesting facts were revealed at the three-day forum in Macao, China's first 1,000-person global travel conference, and more items in our daily roundup.... Read More

Traditionally, hotel asset management has been focused on operations and cost control as the main elements to consider.... Read More

Sabre Travel Network has joined the ranks of travel technology providers blamed for major system outages in 2012 after its reservation platform collapsed for hours yesterday.... Read More

Agoda passed TripAdvisor at the top of the leading travel websites in Australia - but still has some way to go if global sites are included in market share data.... Read More

Paris is just Paris - everyone knows it has the Eiffel Tower, Notre-Dame Cathedral, Sacré-Cœur, well known landmarks and tourist attractions.... Read More

It's not an illusion: the now-ubiquitous live chat button has proliferated amongst online retailers, creating consumer expectation alongside the widespread adoption of live chat customer service. However, the travel industry has been slow to adopt this technology.... Read More

Nokia is spotlighting a new industry standard for wireless charging pads that ensures that various devices, such as smartphones, tablets, and other devices, can get juiced up at the same time.... Read More

Data trends on cheapest hotel rates as well as median rate for three months of three, four and five star hotels across some of the major cities in North America.... Read More

Starting in October, China will relax its regulations and allow foreign GDSs to serve Chinese travel agents for ticketing international flights.... Read More

Business travel blog Frequent Business Traveler has released the results of a poll conducted in partnership with FlyerTalk on the state of the United States Transportation Security Administration.... Read More

The demands of always-connected travellers appear to be sinking in at airports around the world, with almost nine out of ten facilities committed to investing in mobile services.... Read More

Ryanair has overtaken Hotels.com with its accommodation search service in the list of leading travel websites in the UK in August.... Read More

The owner of Cedar Point, the Columbus Zoo, and nine other US theme parks is ready for iOS6, and more items in our news roundup today.... Read More

Where the Hell is Matt? illustrated wonderfully how a germ of an idea from a traveller or consumer could become a global sensation in terms of inspiring travel content on the web.... Read More