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Southwest CEO declines to take the bait on American Airlines direct-connect

By Dennis Schaal | January 20, 2011

What advice might Southwest Airlines chairman and CEO Gary Kelly impart to American Airlines and the travel industry about direct-connect?... Read More

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Online agency StudentUniverse launches media network

By Kevin May | January 20, 2011

StudentUniverse is the latest in a line of online travel agencies seeing the benefit of getting into the media space, this time through the creation of a media network.... Read More

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LeisureLink data: Vacation rental lookers converting to bookers

By Dennis Schaal | January 20, 2011

Demand is picking up for vacation rentals in the North America, Mexico and Caribbean markets and conversion rates are soaring.... Read More

Open Allies for Airfare Transparency: Full list of members

By Kevin May | January 20, 2011

Much of the official launch of the anti-Direct Connect group, Open Allies for Airfare Transparency, was always going to be about which companies would join.... Read More

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Open Allies for Airfare Transparency clearly opposes direct-connect

By Dennis Schaal | January 20, 2011

Open Allies for AirFare Transparency made its debut with a website, extensive roster of founding members, a whitepaper and a call for major airlines to abandon any direct-connect plans they may have.... Read More

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Jet2 turns off Twitter account, highlights reality of social media

By Kevin May | January 20, 2011

As almost every travel company on the planet is talking up its social media strategy, unusual and perhaps refreshing to find one which is scaling back its activity.... Read More

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TLabs Showcase - Travelhands

By Kevin May | January 20, 2011

TLabs Showcase on travel startups featuring Netherlands and Germany-based online portal for travel ancillary services TravelHands.... Read More

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HotelsCombined launches iPhone app in Arabic

By Dennis Schaal | January 19, 2011

HotelsCombined released a new version of its iPhone app which supports browsing in Arabic.... Read More

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Why Flight Plus should scare the hell out of online travel

By Viewpoints | January 19, 2011

Online and independent agents in the UK have never faced such a hidden and potentially disastrous regulation reform as Flight Plus.... Read More

Overbooked on Delta Air Lines? Passengers can bid for travel vouchers

By Dennis Schaal | January 19, 2011

Instead of asking for volunteers at the gate to leave overbooked flights, Delta Air Lines now is enabling travelers to bid on the opportunity much earlier in the process.... Read More

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Top travel websites in Australia - January 15 2011

By PhocusWire | January 19, 2011

Most popular travel websites in Australia for the week ending January 15 2011.... Read More

American Airlines: Not surprised by distribution pushback

By Dennis Schaal | January 19, 2011

So was American Airlines shocked by the vehemence of the opposition to its direct-connect strategy?... Read More

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Why Direct-Connect could be a pain for travel agents

By Viewpoints | January 19, 2011

In a previous article, I talked about the spat between American Airlines and online travel agencies. But I mentioned that the GDS element would be another story.... Read More

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Top travel websites in the US - January 15 2011

By PhocusWire | January 19, 2011

Most popular travel websites in the US for the week ending January 15 2011.... Read More

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Bloody Hertz - a very unofficial social media campaign

By Kevin May | January 19, 2011

If this is a subtle way of getting people to talk about car rental giant Hertz in social media, then it deserves plenty of praise - we're not so sure though.... Read More

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