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Delta beats EasyJet as first airline to offer booking engine within Facebook
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Delta beats EasyJet as first airline to offer booking engine within Facebook
By Kevin May | August 12, 2010
US carrier Delta has secured bragging rights as the first airline to fully integrate a search AND booking engine into a Facebook page.... Read More
Fotopedia Heritage: UNESCO sites in a never-ending iPad photo book
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Fotopedia Heritage: UNESCO sites in a never-ending iPad photo book
By Kevin May | August 12, 2010
Here is a wonderful idea from the creators of Fotopedia to aggregate high quality images of UNESCO-protected sites around the world on an Apple iPad app.... Read More
Simonseeks brotherhood splits as Chris Nixon quits
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Simonseeks brotherhood splits as Chris Nixon quits
By Kevin May | August 12, 2010
Travel content site Simonseeks is looking for a new commercial director after Chris Nixon, former boss of TravelSupermarket, quit unexpectedly this week.... Read More
Expedia flies in to power Yahoo Travel across major European markets
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Expedia flies in to power Yahoo Travel across major European markets
By Kevin May | August 12, 2010
Expedia is running the travel search and booking functionality on six of Yahoo's travel major portals across Europe, edging out previous metasearch partner Kelkoo.... Read More
Why Cleartrip on a mobile is an example to all
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Why Cleartrip on a mobile is an example to all
By Timothy O'Neil-Dunne | August 12, 2010
Indian online travel agency Cleartrip recently launched a new mobile version - a product which is stunningly simple.... Read More
Survey: how travellers use technology to search, book and play when away
By Kevin May | August 12, 2010
Fairly comprehensive survey conducted by travel social network WAYN for the World Travel & Tourism Council paints an interesting picture of use of digital in travel.... Read More
Most popular Singapore travel websites - August 7 2010
By PhocusWire | August 11, 2010
Most popular travel websites in Singapore for the week ending August 7 2010.... Read More
Most popular New Zealand travel websites - August 7 2010
By PhocusWire | August 11, 2010
Most popular travel sites in New Zealand for the week ending August 7 2010.... Read More
Frontier, Everbread, Vayant join Open Axis -- ITA Software on the sidelines
By Dennis Schaal | August 11, 2010
Month-old standards body Open Axis Group picked up Frontier Airlines as a full member and air-search vendors Everbread and Vayant Travel Technologies as allied members -- but ITA Software is looking on from the sidelines.... Read More
Thomas Cook on track for launch of online travel agency in October 2010
By Kevin May | August 11, 2010
European tour operator Thomas Cook has not let weak financial results hit its ambitions to launch an online travel agency to challenge the likes of Expedia and Priceline in Europe.... Read More
Ten simple steps to make global travel websites more engaging
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Ten simple steps to make global travel websites more engaging
By Viewpoints | August 11, 2010
Ever wonder what the most popular sites do to keep traffic and grow their business? While the specific formula for success is different for each site, there are some things in common that most popular sites do.... Read More
Net Neutrality: Saintly or sinful for travel startups?
By Glenn Gruber | August 11, 2010
This week Google and Verizon made a joint announcement on their “suggested guidelines” for Net Neutrality.... Read More
TripIt integrates Gmail, Google Apps for automatic confirmation retrieval
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TripIt integrates Gmail, Google Apps for automatic confirmation retrieval
By Dennis Schaal | August 11, 2010
TripIt says it became the first travel company to integrate its services with Gmail and Google Apps email accounts for individual users.... Read More
Most popular France travel websites - August 7 2010
By PhocusWire | August 10, 2010
Most popular travel websites in France for the week ending August 7 2010.... Read More
Ctrip.com: China, Greater China, Greater Asia, then global
By Dennis Schaal | August 10, 2010
Ctrip.com, the Shanghai based travel company, saw its profits rise 48% in the second quarter and it's on the lookout for additional acquisitions.... Read More