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Tnooz Nuggets - Friday 5 August 2011

By PhocusWire | August 5, 2011

NileGuide's 10Best gets HotelsCombined metasearch; AA upgrades DealFinder; Hipmunk gets flexible (date search); and Sabre is confident of deal, Expedia improves the TAAP.... Read More

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Where To? From Apple patent squabble to featured app

By Dennis Schaal | August 5, 2011

Remember that squabble last year when Apple apparently liberally borrowed from the Where To? iPhone app's homescreen as part of an iTravel patent?... Read More

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Delta increases share by squeezing online travel agencies and metasearch

By Dennis Schaal | August 5, 2011

Delta.com is making strides in increasing its share of ticket sales as the airline's tough-guy approach with online travel agencies and metasearch engines seems to be working.... Read More

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American Airlines and HRG to explore Direct-Connect deal

By Kevin May | August 5, 2011

Global corporate travel giant Hogg Robinson has turned the distribution debate screw just a little tighter by revealing talks are taking place with American Airlines to use the famed Direct-Connect.... Read More

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TLabs Reprise - MyTripGuru 12 months on

By Kevin May | August 5, 2011

MyTripGuru is a Germany-based user generated content guidebook platform, which first featured on Tnooz in April 2010. So what happened in the intervening 12 months?... Read More

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Expansion of hotel review defamation action, Google added, FBI alerted

By Kevin May | August 5, 2011

Remember Kwikchex, the UK organisation which pledged to come down hard on TripAdvisor for publishing alleged libellous reviews about hotels?... Read More

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Sabre becomes part of project to develop next generation air traffic control

By Kevin May | August 5, 2011

Sabre Airline Solutions has joined a group examining whether Europe can move to a "single sky" system for controlling movement of aircraft around the continent.... Read More

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Reality bites part 2 - Economy forces closure of tourism board web services

By Kevin May | August 5, 2011

Tough times for distribution of local tourist-related products in the UK with confirmation that a system to share details of services on consumer-focused websites is being axed.... Read More

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Jetstar and Qantas edge closer - Top Australia travel websites, July 30 2011

By PhocusWire | August 4, 2011

Jetstar has closed the gap on market leader Qantas to just 2.5%, as well as pulling ahead of third placed Virgin Australia.... Read More

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Priceline to continue testing and expanding local deals

By Dennis Schaal | August 4, 2011

Priceline's hotel and car rental business grew substantially in the second quarter, and the company also is pondering local deals as a new revenue stream.... Read More

Travelport: GDS share gains at Priceline

By Dennis Schaal | August 4, 2011

Gordon Wilson, hosting his first earnings call today as Travelport's president and CEO, says Travelport is taking an increased share of GDS bookings at Priceline.... Read More

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Reality bites - Airbnb told to register as seller of travel

By Dennis Schaal | August 4, 2011

Is Airbnb merely a "neutral venue" enabling users to arrange stays with one another?... Read More

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GDS squabbles, how they relate to rail and evolution of the model

By Viewpoints | August 4, 2011

Since the beginning of time in the travel industry, there has been a need for content aggregators of some description.... Read More

24 hours in the life of an overseas consulate [VIDEO]

By Kevin May | August 4, 2011

Doubles all round (maybe not the best turn of phrase) at the UK's Foreign and Commonwealth Office today after reporting a fall in the number of arrests of UK citizens abroad.... Read More

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EasyJet tears out in front - Top France websites, July 30 2011

By PhocusWire | August 4, 2011

Low cost carrier EasyJet has a clear lead in France in the top ten airline websites, securing almost a 4% lead over nearest rival Air France.... Read More

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