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Most popular Australia travel websites - November 6 2010
By PhocusWire | November 11, 2010
Most popular travel websites in Australia for the week ending November 6 2010.... Read More
Priceline launches Hotel Negotiator app for Android
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Priceline launches Hotel Negotiator app for Android
By Dennis Schaal | November 11, 2010
Priceline put its Hotel Negotiator app, available for the iPhone since 2009, on the Android platform.... Read More
Carnival Splendor chugs in and Royal Caribbean awaits
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Carnival Splendor chugs in and Royal Caribbean awaits
By Dennis Schaal | November 11, 2010
You have to love cruise line advertising.... Read More
TLabs Showcase - Virtual GDBK
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TLabs Showcase - Virtual GDBK
By Kevin May | November 11, 2010
TLabs Showcase on travel startups featuring US-based trip planning and guidebook service Virtual GDBK.... Read More
LivingSocial adds travel sales in a flash
By Dennis Schaal | November 11, 2010
LivingSocial became the latest flash sales site to add travel sales to its mix.... Read More
How a tourist board got a genuine viral hit and welcomed hackers
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How a tourist board got a genuine viral hit and welcomed hackers
By Kevin May | November 11, 2010
VisitNorway probably thought it was just creating a bit of fun for visitors to its site, like so many other companies that produce simple (and often rubbish) web games.... Read More
Carnival Splendor -- Carnival tweets, cruise director blogs
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Carnival Splendor -- Carnival tweets, cruise director blogs
By Dennis Schaal | November 11, 2010
With the Carnival Splendor expected to dock today, Carnival Cruise Lines has picked up the pace of its social media response to the incident.... Read More
Amadeus Q3 2010 results - bitesize summary
By Kevin May | November 11, 2010
Amadeus released its Q3 2010 results this morning. A quick overview is as follows:... Read More
Most popular Singapore travel websites - November 6 2010
By PhocusWire | November 11, 2010
Most popular travel websites in Singapore for the week ending November 6 2010.... Read More
AOL Wow -- Another day, another flash sales site
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AOL Wow -- Another day, another flash sales site
By Dennis Schaal | November 10, 2010
AOL got into flash sales with a new deals site, Wow.com.... Read More
American Airlines: Travelport using intimidation tactics
By Dennis Schaal | November 10, 2010
American Airlines and Travelport -- already facing off in courtrooms in Chicago and Fort Worth, Texas -- traded charges today about who pays for flight and optional services access if travel agents hook up to the airline through direct-connects.... Read More
1991 paper predicted tech integration across travel. What happened?
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1991 paper predicted tech integration across travel. What happened?
By Kevin May | November 10, 2010
In the early 1990s professor Dimitrios Buhalis published an academic paper pushing a range of predictions as to how travel would evolve through technology.... Read More
Vacation rentals -- LeisureLink closes on $9M in funding
By Dennis Schaal | November 10, 2010
Record another endorsement of the vacation rental market -- LeisureLink closed on a $9 million venture capital funding round.... Read More
Amadeus launches SaaS hotel platform
By Dennis Schaal | November 10, 2010
Who says Amadeus and global distribution systems generally are all about airlines?... Read More
Carnival Splendor and 1-way social media response from Carnival
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Carnival Splendor and 1-way social media response from Carnival
By Dennis Schaal | November 10, 2010
Since the Carnival Splendor crisis began Monday morning, Carnival Cruise Lines has posted four updates on its Facebook page and tweeted the links.... Read More