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Unbundling is evil - there must be a better way

By Linda Fox | January 31, 2012

GRS - that's the new acronym being adopted to describe global distribution systems and their evolution - admittedly by the GDS themselves.... Read More

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European hotel prices - January to March 2012

By PhocusWire | January 30, 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.... Read More

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Is Booking.com the travel king of Google AdWords? [INFOGRAPHIC]

By Dennis Schaal | January 30, 2012

Did Priceline's Booking.com spend the most among travel brands in Google AdWords in 2011?... Read More

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Amadeus technology outage hits major airline systems and agency bookings

By Kevin May | January 30, 2012

Amadeus says a major system failure which is understood to have affected thousands of passengers on Monday has been rectified.... Read More

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Kayak redesign: How and why they did it

By Dennis Schaal | January 30, 2012

Kayak is unveiling its biggest ever website redesign, one that it says is iPad-influenced and an attempt to create a uniform user experience across the travel metasearch company's myriad platforms.... Read More

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After all the hyperbole, TraceMyTrip is in the deadpool after just 12 months

By Kevin May | January 30, 2012

Travel social network TraceMyTrip appears to have joined in the sad startup graveyard in the sky - despite claiming millions of users had signed up for the service in 2011.... Read More

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How a tourism board made its visitor centre look and feel like an Apple Store

By Kevin May | January 30, 2012

Remember the days when often a city's tourist centre had a few dusty leaflets, outdated maps on the walls and staff that looked bored rigid by the entire experience?... Read More

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Travelomy brings geo-location and real-time updates to travel guides

By Kevin May | January 29, 2012

TLabs Showcase on travel startups featuring India-based Travelomy, a travel guide using real-time updates and geo-location for the South Asia region.... Read More

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Best of Tnooz Last Week – Visually appealing, Engineering travel, Wiki-led hotels

By PhocusWire | January 29, 2012

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

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Alaska Airlines jettisons prayer cards -- Whoopi has a View but Jenn does not understand it

By Dennis Schaal | January 27, 2012

In a form of travel non-distribution, Alaska Airlines says starting next month it will discontinue its decades-old practice of handing out prayer cards to passengers along with in-flight meals.... Read More

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Kayak: iPhone users buy travel online, Android not so much

By Dennis Schaal | January 27, 2012

If you want to reach mobile consumers who'll actually buy travel online, should your company put resources into iOS apps or is Android the better way to go?... Read More

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MySwitzerland social media video - funny, very clever, but does it boost visitor numbers?

By Kevin May | January 27, 2012

Tourism Queensland discovered that it takes more than the gushing of the advertising industry to ensure a high profile marketing campaign was actually worthwhile.... Read More

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GOL makes massive push at the top - Top Brazil travel sites, January 21 2012

By PhocusWire | January 27, 2012

GOL is consolidating its strong position at the head of the leading travel websites in Brazil and putting clear water between it and rival carrier TAM.... Read More

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eDreams looks to social media to change fate of lesser known destinations

By Linda Fox | January 27, 2012

eDreams has kicked off a social media campaign in a bid to improve the tourism economy for five destinations starting with Madagascar... Read More

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Ostrovok attracts online travel celebrities in latest investment round

By Kevin May | January 27, 2012

More developments at Russian hotel booking service Ostrovok after wooing a former-Expedia CEO, and the founders of TripIt and Altimeter Capital as new investors.... Read More

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