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What Else? Cost2Drive 2.0, Conferma-US Bank, Orient Express, Weather bookings
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May 18, 2012
Complete overhaul for Cost2Drive, Conferma deals with US Bank, Killer iPad app for Orient Express, Weather triggers web bookings ... What else is happening in travel tech around the world....
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New door opens for ex-Sunshine boss with acquisition of review website Holiday Truth
By Kevin May
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May 18, 2012
Just days after his departure as managing director and co-founder of Sunshine.co.uk, Chris Brown has re-emerged as the new owner of review forum Holiday Truth....
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Jetstar takes top slot from sister brand Qantas - Top Australia travel websites, May 12 2012
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May 18, 2012
Happy families in Australia with low cost carrier Jetstar taking over the top slot from Qantas in the list of leading airline websites in Australia....
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Blink Booking raises $2.5M from Brent Hoberman group and investment A-Listers
By Kevin May
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May 18, 2012
Another illustration that mobile and hotel distribution is changing with news that Europe-based same-day booking service Blink Booking has raised money from a string of web luminaries....
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Earn Southwest Airlines rewards by watching advertisements
By Dennis Schaal
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May 17, 2012
Perhaps at some point the latest intrusion by advertisers into travelers lives will lead to the creation of a website called FlyerBalk....
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Will Kayak IPO roadshow tailgate Facebook next week with a $1B valuation?
By Dennis Schaal
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May 17, 2012
With Facebook slated to price its IPO tonight and debut on Nasdaq on Friday with what could turn out to be a $100 billion valuation, can a much more diminutive, yet still substantive tech play in the form of Kayak follow on Facebook's heels?...
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Why affiliate deals on online travel agencies are making hotels angry
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May 17, 2012
A declaration of war such as that of John Guscic, managing director of Australian online booking platform Webjet, cannot be any clearer:...
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European hotel prices - May to July 2012
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May 17, 2012
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 Europe....
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Instadash created in 12 hours to help manage Instagram
By Linda Fox
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May 17, 2012
If you believe that image sharing sites like Instagram and Pinterest provide a unique opportunity for the travel industry to inspire consumers' future plans then anything that helps organise that process must be good...
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EasyJet loses top position to Air France - Top France travel sites, May 12 2012
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May 17, 2012
Election fever inspired patriotic travel as Air France overtook rival carrier EasyJet to become the most popular airline website in France last week....
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The battle for small: Is West Africa tougher for hostel OTAs than for the big boys?
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May 17, 2012
Earlier this year I made a booking for a small, independent property called Eshu in Cape Coast, Ghana....
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Expedia and WebJet lose ground - Top New Zealand websites, May 12 2012
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May 16, 2012
The leading quartet of travel websites in New Zealand all saw their share of the agency market slip last week....
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Milestones for Gogobot and the other Travelzoo
By Dennis Schaal
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May 16, 2012
Break out your scorecards: Social travel site Gogobot now boasts more than 1 million registered users and Travelzoo Australia has grown the subscriber base of its deal newsletters to 700,000....
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TLabs Reprise - Urban Adventures 12 months on
By Kevin May
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May 16, 2012
Urban Adventures is a Thailand-based tour and activity platform, which first featured on Tnooz in April 2011. So what happened in the intervening 12 months?...
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HomeAway says it is merely like a classified ad, but phishing victims not buying it
By Dennis Schaal
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May 16, 2012
Airbnb had its moment of viral reckoning last year when "EJ" eloquently wrote of how the San Francisco apartment she rented out got trashed beyond recognition....
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