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Stash Hotel Rewards: another travel project from Expedia alums

By Kevin May | May 24, 2010

Hardly a week goes by without a group of former-Expedia/Microsoft folk coming together to launch a new travel startup - this time it's the turn of Stash Hotel Rewards.... Read More

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Most influential on Twitter: Barack Obama, JetBlue and some other folk

By Kevin May | May 24, 2010

Intriguing yet slightly confusing infographic from web agency Information Architects detailing the early pioneers and key influencers on Twitter.... Read More

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TLabs Showcase - SiteValet

By Stephen Joyce | May 24, 2010

TLabs Showcase focus on startups featuring Canada-based SiteValet.... Read More

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InterContinental hits it big with Gowalla mobile marketing

By Dennis Schaal | May 24, 2010

Location-based social networks such as foursquare and Gowalla likely will soon see a flurry of integrations with hotels and other brands as travel companies tap into new mobile-marketing vehicles.... Read More

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Is this the Google masterplan for travel?

By Timothy O'Neil-Dunne | May 24, 2010

In the past 60 days alone Google has made some interesting moves in the travel space.... Read More

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The Week in Travel Tech - Google buys, Bangkok burns, Hostelworld waves

By PhocusWire | May 22, 2010

What you missed on Tnooz this week, Sunday May 16 to Saturday 22 May 2010.... Read More

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Google buys online travel guide Ruba

By Kevin May | May 21, 2010

Community site Ruba obviously has something different about it from the countless other travel guides on the web - demonstrated mainly by news that Google has just bought it.... Read More

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BuyWithMe hires former online travel executives

By Dennis Schaal | May 21, 2010

The latest addition to BuyWithMe -- besides discounts on Cape Cod windsurfing lessons -- is former Orbitz e-markeing executive Mike Stein as chief marketing officer.... Read More

Sabre misses a beat -- thankfully

By Dennis Schaal | May 21, 2010

The latest craze or trend -- you pick the word -- among global distribution system vendors apparently is audio on their websites.... Read More

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FTC clears Google acquisition of AdMob -- cites Apple as emerging competitor

By Dennis Schaal | May 21, 2010

Travel advertisers who may have feared the market power inherent in Google's pending $750 million acquisition of rival mobile ad network AdMob won't find any help at the Federal Trade Commission.... Read More

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Survey -- Amadeus uses financial incentives, gains US travel agency market share

By Dennis Schaal | May 21, 2010

Among the four major global distribution systems, Sabre is the most widely used among U.S. travel agencies, although Amadeus is the fastest growing.... Read More

Travel technology marketing is not what it used to be

By Kevin May | May 21, 2010

Gone are the days when a technology firm like Amadeus or any of the other global distribution systems would appear at a handful of exhibitions or run print advertising in trade magazines.... Read More

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TLabs Showcase - TravelJournal

By Kevin May | May 21, 2010

TLabs focus on startups featuring Israel-based TravelJournal.... Read More

Google TV and the travel industry: time to make better videos

By Kevin May | May 20, 2010

Google loves dropping an A-Bomb on the tech world, especially Apple it would increasingly appear, so today's launch of Google TV has inevitably got the web buzzing (no pun intended).... Read More

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HomeAway, Booking.com lead the way -- Expedia resigned to me-too

By Dennis Schaal | May 20, 2010

When he talks about HomeAway's lead in vacation rentals and Booking.com's edge in the retail-hotel business in Europe and Asia, Expedia Inc.'s Dara Khosrowshahi offers a similar refrain.... Read More

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