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Virgin Atlantic gives joy to plane spotters, maybe others

By Kevin May | December 17, 2010

Virgin Atlantic released an upgraded version of its Flight Tracker mobile application yesterday, allowing users to monitor the exact location of aircraft on a map.... Read More

Word Lens takes Google Goggles to the next level, translates on-screen

By Kevin May | December 17, 2010

Much was made of Google Goggles when it launched in late-2009 with image recognition technology, followed by a translation tool about seven months ago.... Read More

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TLabs Showcase - Explore Travellr

By Kevin May | December 17, 2010

TLabs Showcase on travel startups featuring Australia-based Explore.Travellr, a university project around trip planning.... Read More

By PhocusWire | December 16, 2010

Most popular travel websites in the Hong Kong region for the week ending December 11 2010.... Read More

Southwest considering Sabre or Amadeus for new reservations system

By Dennis Schaal | December 16, 2010

Southwest Airlines is actively considering a switch to a new internal reservations system and has narrowed its choices of vendors to Sabre and Amadeus.... Read More

Junaio and eBay Classifieds unite for augmented reality travel deal finder

By Kevin May | December 16, 2010

eBay Classifieds has developed a service with augmented reality experts Junaio to give users a different way to access travel products and other goods.... Read More

Tripology travel agents and travelers view gains with Skype

By Dennis Schaal | December 16, 2010

Travel agents getting leads from Tripology increasingly are seeing eye-to-eye with their clients.... Read More

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Why do travel advertisers continue to avoid bloggers?

By Viewpoints | December 16, 2010

As we have all heard, old media is dying. Ad revenues are drying up, journalists are getting laid off, ad pages are shrinking, yadda, yadda, yadda.... Read More

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TLabs Showcase - Career Break Secrets

By Kevin May | December 16, 2010

TLabs Showcase on travel startups featuring US-based trip planning service for getaway professionals Career Break Secrets.... Read More

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Pierre and Vacances creates Second Life-inspired travel game

By Kevin May | December 16, 2010

French accommodation provider Pierre & Vacances is hoping visitors to its website are prepared to go native ahead of their trip by playing a web version of Petanque.... Read More

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Kuoni brings long haul deals and content to mobile

By Kevin May | December 16, 2010

Luxury long haul tour operator Kuoni has entered AppLand this week with the launch of its first mobile application, kicking off with a service for Apple iPhones.... Read More

By PhocusWire | December 16, 2010

Most popular travel websites in Singapore for the week ending December 11 2010.... Read More

By PhocusWire | December 15, 2010

Most popular travel websites in New Zealand for the week ending December 11 2010:... Read More

Google defends acquisition spree without mentioning ITA Software

By Dennis Schaal | December 15, 2010

When The Washington Post speaks, Google can't be silent.... Read More