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The growth of social networking has been quite pronounced and almost everyone knows about it. However there is a very interesting dichotomy from different cultures.... Read More

French rail operator SNCF announced the acquisition of travel metasearch site Liligo this week, a deal supposedly worth around Euro 20 million for an undisclosed “majority” stake.... Read More

Most popular travel websites in the Hong Kong region for the week ending Sept 18 2010.... Read More

Most popular travel sites in New Zealand for the week ending Sept 18 2010.... Read More

TripAdvisor introduced Reviews at a Glance, a feature that enables travelers to easily find parts of hotel reviews that may be the most relevant to them.... Read More

A coalition urging the U.S. Dept. of Transportation to force airlines to distribute their ancillary-services fees across all distribution channels says it collected more than 50,000 signatures on a consumer petition.... Read More

Yahoo partnered with several content providers to introduce travel-planning tools on its Yahoo Travel Philippines website.... Read More

American Airlines says it invited the major global distribution systems to tie into its new direct-connect technology and negotiated with them for more than a year.... Read More

UK-based hotel website Skoosh is taking its dogged fight against the industry to Canada in yet another very public row, this time with two hotel chains.... Read More

I admit it -- sometimes I find myself pining for my Blackberry.... Read More

Most popular travel websites in Singapore for the week ending Sept 18 2010.... Read More

Search is 16 years old and it is changing - in fact, we are entering a period where search companies are going to push and be pulled.... Read More

TLabs Showcase focus on startups featuring London, UK-based hotel review service Trip Elated.... Read More

Travel planning service TripIt used an upgrade of its pro service (the paid-for element of the product) to release a rather charming video clip to explain the product.... Read More

At this time of the year in Beijing, as summer gives way to autumn and the Chinese offer mooncakes to the Lady of the Moon, there’s a change in the direction of the wind that blows through the city.... Read More