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HomeAway got sued a couple of months after acquiring Instant Software and the dispute has left up to 70 to 80 professional management companies of vacation-rental properties hoping their websites don't crash and scrambling to rebuild and redeploy them on new servers.... Read More

In today's edition: Ebookers pads it up, CTrip regroups, new Kayak ad, ICE cool from Dolphin, Pegasus-Hotelzon joy.... Read More

Most popular travel websites in New Zealand for the week ending April 30 2011:... Read More

Whether you are in love with them or utterly indifferent, tablet devices such as the iPad are set to be a significant part of the hardware armoury for consumers in the coming years.... Read More

Carnival Cruise Lines entered into a marketing alliance with concert promoter Live Nation Entertainment and will hype the partnership in social media.... Read More

TripAdvisor recently conducted two surveys: the first asked US travelers about their 2011 travel plans, and the second asked US accommodation owners about their strategies for attracting guests and increasing bookings this year.... Read More

Most popular travel websites in Canada for the week ending April 30 2011.... Read More

A popular new design trend that seems to be taking off is the use of full screen image backgrounds on travel websites.... Read More

It was only a matter of time - a "military grade" iPhone application targeted at adventure travellers, hikers and campers, is being touted as one of the tools used to trace Osama bin Laden.... Read More

TLabs Showcase on travel startups featuring US-based trip planning and destination service platform Triptrotting.... Read More

Most popular travel websites in France for the week ending April 30 2011.... Read More

In today's edition: TRX eyeing agents, StarCite in the clouds, HP and Dollar Thrifty shake hands on mega-deal, FlightNetwork finds baggage, Expedia expands TravelAds, I-Spy wins National Express/Eurolines.... Read More

Depressing news for those throwing resources at creating travel applications for iPads et al, with research revealing a paltry 7% of US travellers are accessing the web via a tablet device.... Read More

If you monitor the efforts of Orbitz and Expedia on Facebook, then you'd have to conclude that travelers are demanding lots of celebrity gossip and contests.... Read More

BnBFinder introduced a mobile website featuring location-based search for B&Bs, inns and smallish hotels.... Read More