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Sabre in dispute with Uruguay national airline Pluna

By Dennis Schaal | November 11, 2011

Sabre's second largest office in the world is in Montevideo, but a contract dispute with Uruguay's national carrier, Pluna, now finds the airline's flights absent from the global distribution system.... Read More

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How airlines use Twitter - October 2011 [INFOGRAPHIC]

By Kevin May | November 11, 2011

Even before hitting its recent high profile fortnight, troubled airline Qantas had flown in to become the second most talked about airline on Twitter.... Read More

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Did Orbitz dodge a bullet when Travelport restructured debt?

By Dennis Schaal | November 11, 2011

Orbitz Worldwide undoubtedly had a lot at stake when Travelport sweated out restructuring its own debt.... Read More

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GOL back on top with narrow margin - Top Brazil travel sites, November 5 2011

By PhocusWire | November 11, 2011

Less than a fifth of 1% market share separates leading airlines GOL and TAM in the list of top carrier websites in Brazil this week.... Read More

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Will HomeAway ever play in industry vacation rental switch?

By Dennis Schaal | November 11, 2011

After a public spat in June, Pegasus Solutions gave in on some demands, leading to agreement with Vacation Rental Managers Association to build a vacation rental switch. But, what about HomeAway?... Read More

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How does voice search change the travel industry?

By Viewpoints | November 11, 2011

We’ve all seen a little and opined a lot about what Google could do with ITA Software, but could one of the most potentially innovative elements still be flying under the radar?... Read More

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Reevoo tips major SEO benefits for travel from authentic review service

By Linda Fox | November 11, 2011

Consumer reviews specialist Reevoo says its newly unveiled travel review service will bring significant SEO benefits to the sector... Read More

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Kelkoo Travel weeks away from relaunching flights service

By Linda Fox | November 11, 2011

Kelkoo Travel will open up its revamped flights service to consumers in the coming weeks... Read More

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British Airways cabin crew iPad scheme extended to entire fleet

By Kevin May | November 11, 2011

British Airways will arm senior cabin crew with an iPad across its entire long and short haul fleet in a move to help with on-board customer service.... Read More

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How Qantas REALLY used social media during the aircraft grounding

By Viewpoints | November 10, 2011

What a year this is turning out to be for Qantas. In June, the Chilean ashcloud crisis affected many of their flights for an extended period.... Read More

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Airlines static during Qantas crisis - Top Australia travel websites, November 5 2011

By PhocusWire | November 10, 2011

Surprisingly little movement in the top ten airline websites in Australia last week during the grounding of the entire Qantas fleet.... Read More

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PhoCusWright: US online travel market share stalling and suppliers rule

By Dennis Schaal | November 10, 2011

Are the heady days of U.S. online travel over?... Read More

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European hotel prices - November 2011 to January 2012

By PhocusWire | November 10, 2011

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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Amadeus keeps migrating airlines, not overly concerned about Google

By Dennis Schaal | November 10, 2011

Rest assured that Amadeus officials aren't losing sleep over the prospect that Google, with ITA Software now in the fold, will one day become a major competitor in the provision of airline IT services.... Read More

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Room 77 launches metasearch and emailing room requests to hotels

By Dennis Schaal | November 10, 2011

If you book a hotel on a revamped Room 77, the company now will email requests for specific rooms to the hotel based on your preferences.... Read More

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