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Forget PCs -- HP signs applications services pacts with US Airways and Dollar Thrifty

By Dennis Schaal | October 14, 2011

HP may or may not be mulling a plan to shed its PC business, but new agreements with US Airways and Dollar Thrifty highlight how IT services and transportation will remain a core business.... Read More

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Booking.com driving 50% of European online hotel reservations

By Linda Fox | October 14, 2011

Booking.com has emerged overwhelmingly as the dominant distribution channel for European hotels according to a survey of more than 200 hotels.... Read More

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Why is online travel still missing private cars for road warriors?

By Viewpoints | October 14, 2011

Why has such a sizeable travel segment as private cars remained virtually hidden from the Internet?... Read More

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HRS takes majority stake in German online hotels service

By Linda Fox | October 14, 2011

HRS has bought up almost 62% of the shares in Germany-based accommodation service hotel.de.... Read More

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KLM lets travellers shake and pack with iPhone application

By Linda Fox | October 14, 2011

KLM has launched an app to help travellers find new places to go by shaking their mobile phone.... Read More

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Responsible Travel partners with English tourism for million pound sustainable holidays service

By Linda Fox | October 14, 2011

Responsible Travel is part of a million pound tourism initiative in the South-east aimed at boosting tourism revenue while protecting local environments.... Read More

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Google sheds light on size of ITA Software business

By Dennis Schaal | October 13, 2011

ITA Software, up until April, had been a privately held company, but Google today shed a bit of light on its acquisition's revenue numbers.... Read More

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Expedia pulls closer to Webjet - Top Australia travel websites, October 8 2011

By PhocusWire | October 13, 2011

Webjet lost 1% market share this week as the gap between it and rival Expedia narrowed to 1.5% in the list of leading travel websites in Australia.... Read More

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Abercrombie and Kent takes multimedia journey in iPad app

By Dennis Schaal | October 13, 2011

Luxury operator Abercrombie & Kent marries travel inspiration and technology in its new World of A&K iPad app.... Read More

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Avoiding disaster: The 2012 hotel marketing checklist you need right now

By Patrick Landman | October 13, 2011

It might not be the end of the world, as some would have us all fear, but not having marketing and budget targets set now for 2012 comes pretty close in the cut throat world of hotels.... Read More

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Traxo and AwardWallet urge travelers to get Southwest back on track

By Dennis Schaal | October 13, 2011

Two loyalty program tracking sites, Traxo and AwardWallet, are urging travelers to contact Southwest Airlines to reverse its no-tracking policy.... Read More

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Decolar captures quarter of entire market - Top Brazil travel sites, October 8 2011

By PhocusWire | October 13, 2011

Decolar now commands almost 25% of the entire agency category of leading travel websites in Brazil.... Read More

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Why we dumped the Google Plus button from the front page of our travel search site

By Viewpoints | October 13, 2011

It was, unfortunately, bound to happen. PLUS ONE NO MORE. We removed the option to "+1" our front page today.... Read More

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Dolphin Dynamics brings consumer elements to platform in web publishing push

By Linda Fox | October 13, 2011

Dolphin Dynamics is opening up consumer-style booking tools and content to customers with the integration of a web publishing system within its reservation platform.... Read More

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In a perfect Direct Connect world it should be love at first sight for airlines and agencies

By Viewpoints | October 13, 2011

In my keynote at this week’s CASMA conference in Beijing, I wanted to create a vision of what an airline that is serious about Direct Connect (DC) as a distribution option should work toward.... Read More

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