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Industry's firsts are always tricky to gauge (it's just PR, after all, a lot of the time), but here's one that many travellers - if true - could find extremely helpful.... Read More

Limos.com brought in a new CEO, Ann Hoey, who will be adding some estrogen to the testosterone-ravaged top ranks of the online and mobile ground-transportation industry.... Read More

eLong, Expedia's online travel agency subsidiary in China, has carried out a very substantial shift to online hotel bookings in the past year.... Read More

Technology is having an increasing amount of influence on tourism in South Africa and the wider region, as last week's giant INDABA tourism extravaganza demonstrated.... Read More

Using social media to build customer satisfaction requires much more than just setting up a profile on the latest social network - it requires a high level of so-called social responsiveness.... Read More

Travesse to invest £1.3M in recently acquired Starfish system, Ryanair website opens ahead of time, SiteMinder wins MakeMyTrip deal, Triometric secures hotel deal... What else is happening in travel tech around the world.... Read More

While some hotel chains focus on Facebook and other social media channels for promotions, W Hotels is taking a different approach by making use of its entertainment offering.... Read More

I’ve noticed recently that when running Asia-related events in places such as Australia (where I’ve just been) and in Europe (where I was in March), there’s a strong interest among youths in the sessions.... Read More

What were the best articles on Tnooz last week?... Read More

CruiseWise, which was the first participant in a Chilean-government program for early-stage startups, released a downloadable cruise travel guide for trip-planning and in-destination purposes.... Read More

If you are Airbnb, Expedia, TripAdvisor and Groupon -- big names in travel tech -- you are going to have to take your lumps sometimes because your brand is exposed in a major way and consumers and blogger/journalists love to take their shots at the big guys or girls.... Read More

Take a line-up of Expedia bigwigs and interrogate them how they'd like their holiday planning and trip experience to be down the road and you get a range of different answers.... Read More

Hotel Urbano has swiped top spot from Booking.com in the list of leading destination and accommodation websites in Brazil.... Read More

Remember Schemer, Google's service to find out things to do in a destination based on tips from friends within a user's network of contacts and professional reviewers?... Read More

Expedia is focusing its efforts on its beach holiday pages for websites across the EMEA region to help consumers narrow their decision making process... Read More