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Delta Air Lines redesigns homepage, the rest of the site will have to wait
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Delta Air Lines redesigns homepage, the rest of the site will have to wait
By Dennis Schaal | August 10, 2010
Delta Air Lines redesigned the homepage of Delta.com, giving it a much more graphical, cleaner look, and consolidating a lot of booking features in a new user interface.... Read More
Tnooz and Sabre enter into content agreement for AgentStream
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Tnooz and Sabre enter into content agreement for AgentStream
By PhocusWire | August 10, 2010
Tnooz and Sabre Travel Network have agreed to a content partnership where Tnooz articles will appear in AgentStream, Sabre’s online community for travel agents.... Read More
Most popular Canada travel websites - August 7 2010
By PhocusWire | August 10, 2010
Most popular travel websites in Canada for the week ending August 7 2010.... Read More
Priceline extends price guarantee to Name Your Own Price flights
By Dennis Schaal | August 10, 2010
Call it another volley in the online travel agency price-guarantee wars.... Read More
Business travel name-change signifies globalisation of industry and tech issues
By Timothy O'Neil-Dunne | August 10, 2010
NBTA at its annual convention in Houston this week announced that it is changing its name from the US-focused National Business Travel Association to the more apt GBTA – Global Business Travel Association.... Read More
Concur debuts APIs, web services, new partners for mobile platform
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Concur debuts APIs, web services, new partners for mobile platform
By Dennis Schaal | August 10, 2010
Concur announced that Amtrak, FlightTrack by Mobiata, GateGuru, MetrO by Kinevia, OAG, Open Table and Taxi Magic will provide third-party services to the travel and expense-management company's mobile platform.... Read More
Sabre calls on US Transportation Department to mandate ancillaries in all channels
By Dennis Schaal | August 10, 2010
Sabre's chief executive called on the U.S. Transporation Dept. "to advocate and even mandate" that airline ancillary services be available in all distribution channels, including GDSs.... Read More
Google quietly tests map view within hotel advertising results
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Google quietly tests map view within hotel advertising results
By Kevin May | August 10, 2010
More stealthy experimentation from Google with confirmation that hotel results are being served on maps from within AdWords search results.... Read More
Most popular US travel websites - August 7 2010
By PhocusWire | August 10, 2010
Most popular travel websites in the US for the week ending August 7 2010.... Read More
Hostelworld puts faith in simplicity for new site design
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Hostelworld puts faith in simplicity for new site design
By Kevin May | August 10, 2010
Budget accommodation provider Hostelworld unveils a brand new website this week aimed at improving user experience and taking a stripped down approach to navigation.... Read More
Travelzoo overhauls UK site, Germany next on makeover schedule
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Travelzoo overhauls UK site, Germany next on makeover schedule
By Kevin May | August 10, 2010
Travel deals publisher Travelzoo is wasting no time rolling out its redesigned main website, quietly launching in the UK last week and other markets expected soon.... Read More
Most popular UK travel websites - August 7 2010
By PhocusWire | August 10, 2010
Most popular travel websites in the UK for the week ending August 7 2010.... Read More
Mexico Tourism Board launches ad campaign to attract North Americans
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Mexico Tourism Board launches ad campaign to attract North Americans
By Dennis Schaal | August 9, 2010
For Mexico tourism, first came the swine flu crisis in 2009 and then this year's headlines about drug-gang violence in the country.... Read More
Carlson Wagonlit Travel retires booking tool and migrates clients to Rearden platform
By Dennis Schaal | August 9, 2010
Carlson Wagonlit Travel will retire a proprietary booking tool used by several hundred North America clients and migrate travelers to a CWT-branded tool from Rearden Commerce.... Read More
Google beaches Google Wave but some of the tools will survive
By Timothy O'Neil-Dunne | August 9, 2010
Google Wave finally bit the dust last week.... Read More