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Opodo sale rumours refusing to go away
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Opodo sale rumours refusing to go away
By Kevin May | September 21, 2010
Similar to the Google-ITA Software deal speculation in March and April 2010, plans by Amadeus to offload European online travel agency Opodo continue to bounce around.... Read More
Why the best way to stop bad travel reviews is to manage expectations
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Why the best way to stop bad travel reviews is to manage expectations
By Alex Bainbridge | September 21, 2010
With the increase in product personalisation what were once products are now services, especially in the travel, tourism and hospitality industry.... Read More
Most popular UK travel websites - Sept 18 2010
By PhocusWire | September 21, 2010
Most popular travel websites in the UK for the week ending Sept 18 2010.... Read More
HauteLook buys BonVoyou to start hotel sales
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HauteLook buys BonVoyou to start hotel sales
By Dennis Schaal | September 20, 2010
Build it or buy it? Members-only website HauteLook acquired another private sales site, BonVoyou, to get into the travel business.... Read More
Google-ITA Software deal: Bad timing for Google?
By Dennis Schaal | September 20, 2010
The Google-ITA Software deal could be huge for the travel industry -- but might the pending acquisition have even larger consequences than initially envisioned for Google?... Read More
VisitBritain adds hostels to website, shows off relaunch impact
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VisitBritain adds hostels to website, shows off relaunch impact
By Kevin May | September 20, 2010
Three months after unveiling a hefty redesign of its website, VisitBritain is claiming a substantial array of impressive statistics and pushing further improvements.... Read More
American Airlines solicits travel agencies for direct-connect
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American Airlines solicits travel agencies for direct-connect
By Dennis Schaal | September 20, 2010
American Airlines is proceeding with plans to sign up travel agencies to access its reservations system through AA Direct Connect and outside the global distribution systems.... Read More
Point a phone in the air and get details on every aircraft in the sky
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Point a phone in the air and get details on every aircraft in the sky
By Kevin May | September 20, 2010
It appears to be the dream device for every plane spotter - a smartphone application that uses augmented reality to track and display details of aircraft as they pass overhead.... Read More
Travelport adds sponsored flights into GDS displays
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Travelport adds sponsored flights into GDS displays
By Timothy O'Neil-Dunne | September 20, 2010
If the coalition of anti-fee forces were upset about ancillary services affecting GDS displays, what will they think of the new Travelport sponsored availability displays?... Read More
Sky's the limit -- GuestCentric launches Developers Cloud
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Sky's the limit -- GuestCentric launches Developers Cloud
By Dennis Schaal | September 20, 2010
GuestCentric, which develops e-commerce solutions for independent hotels, gave developers access to its platform through a Developers Cloud.... Read More
Most popular Canada travel websites - Sept 18 2010
By PhocusWire | September 20, 2010
Most popular travel websites in Canada for the week ending Sept 18 2010.... Read More
Future of travel reservation systems is CRM - but not as we know it
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Future of travel reservation systems is CRM - but not as we know it
By Alex Bainbridge | September 20, 2010
For those of us who work in the travel reservation system software world we tend to be optimising and commoditising ideas that were first mooted in the late 1990s.... Read More
TUI admits HolidaysUncovered hit by web security attack
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TUI admits HolidaysUncovered hit by web security attack
By Kevin May | September 20, 2010
TUI Travel-owned user review site Holidays Uncovered suffered a security breach last week, impacting on how the site appeared in search engines.... Read More
Just an ordinary tech-driven day in 2014
By Kevin May | September 20, 2010
Very interesting, probably not that far off, but some parts are a bit depressing - nobody talking to one another, just sending messages and other content electronically.... Read More
Top Tnooz this week - Remarketing, bootstrapping and pre-launching
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Top Tnooz this week - Remarketing, bootstrapping and pre-launching
By PhocusWire | September 18, 2010
What were the most popular articles on Tnooz this week?... Read More