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Best of Tnooz Last Week – Pinterest ahoy, Online frustration, Disputes, Claims and Shifts

By PhocusWire | March 11, 2012

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

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Kayak updates IPO filing, boosts hotel revenue 40% and likes those Bing Travel queries

By Dennis Schaal | March 9, 2012

Kayak issued the ninth amendment to its initial public offering prospectus and indicated it intends to make a big push to expand its hotel offerings.... Read More

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Social travel gets graphic as Trippy, Wanderfly, Gogobot, Gtrot display Pinterest interest

By Dennis Schaal | March 9, 2012

Get ready for lots of boards, photos and pinning as social travel companies discover the social power of photos and get travel inspiration from Pinterest.... Read More

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Decolar swoops in to unseat Hotel Urbano - Top Brazil travel sites, March 3 2012

By PhocusWire | March 9, 2012

Big switch in Brazil last week as a sterling effort from online travel agency Decolar saw it overtake market share-shedding Hotel Urbano to take top spot.... Read More

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Hoteliers: Community building drives loyalty, social ROI

By Josiah Mackenzie | March 9, 2012

Conference season is in full swing for the hotel and travel industry, with EyeForTravel's Social Media Strategies for Travel event early in the week, and mega-show ITB on now in Berlin.... Read More

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What Else? Rural-social-local, Hostelbookers, Concur, KDS, Vayant

By PhocusWire | March 9, 2012

Rural-social-local, Hostelbookers and WebLoyalty, Concur and ground transport, KDS taps SilverRail, Vayant-2E with Austrian Airlines. A round-up of other stories from across the industry.... Read More

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EasyJet overtakes Air France to take top spot - Top France travel sites, March 3 2012

By PhocusWire | March 9, 2012

All change at the top of the list of leading airline websites in France after EasyJet increased its share of traffic to leapfrog over Air France.... Read More

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Expedia adds Hotels.com to guest hotel reviews but will always trail TripAdvisor

By Dennis Schaal | March 8, 2012

The latest scorecard? Expedia has 7.5 million hotel reviews and ex-subsidiary TripAdvisor counts 60 million.... Read More

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Great week for travel tech women -- Triptrotting gets $1M from Google Ventures and others

By Dennis Schaal | March 8, 2012

Triptrotting picked up $1 million in funding from Google Ventures and other angels, capping off a pretty big week for women-led, social-travel-oriented startups.... Read More

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Expedia almost three times as much traffic as rivals - Top Canada travel sites, March 3 2012

By PhocusWire | March 8, 2012

Expedia's stranglehold on the Canadian online travel agency sector is tightening with it securing triple the amount of traffic as its nearest competitor.... Read More

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Trust International weeks away from unlocking Room Key for members

By Linda Fox | March 8, 2012

Hospitality resevation and distribution specialist Trust International is two weeks away from connecting to Room Key, the online hotel venture started by a number of hotel chains in January... Read More

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Kayak goes direct-connect with Air Canada and debuts split-booking hotel rates

By Dennis Schaal | March 8, 2012

Kayak established a direct-connect booking relationship with Air Canada and debuted a split-booking rate feature for hotels.... Read More

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White-label travel provider Switchfly attracts $15M in new funding

By Dennis Schaal | March 8, 2012

You can label this white-label travel provider, Switchfly, a bit more affluent today.... Read More

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Russia open for online travel investment but do the numbers alone make it attractive?

By Linda Fox | March 8, 2012

The Russian travel market was given two slots at today's Phocuswright@ITB session mostly because of the huge growth figures the sector is experiencing... Read More

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What else? Mauiva-Travel Holdings, Room Key joiner, Accor-TrustYou, Switchfly

By PhocusWire | March 7, 2012

Mauiva and Travel Holdings celebrate, Preferred joins Room Key, Accor picks TrustYou for monitoring, ezRez becomes Switchfly. A round-up of other stories from across the industry.... Read More

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