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Travelocity buzzing after success of Roaming Gnome on Chatroulette

By Kevin May | May 13, 2010

Some consider Chatroulette as either The World's Newest Freakshow or a marketing opportunity too good to miss - Travelocity says it belongs in the latter camp.... Read More

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If Android clobbered Apple due to aggressive marketing, so what?

By Dennis Schaal | May 13, 2010

Mobile junkies -- and I'm not talking about druggies in cars -- are abuzz because Google's Android operating system overtook the iPhone in U.S. smartphone sales in the first quarter.... Read More

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TripAdvisor says Asia-Pacific and B2B is where the growth will come

By Kevin May | May 13, 2010

Shake-up of sorts at user review giant TripAdvisor as the company outlines where it sees long term potential to expand the business.... Read More

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VoyagePrive extends to the UK, ex-Lastminute.com boss at the helm

By Kevin May | May 13, 2010

Member-only online luxury travel service, Voyage Prive, has reached the UK after four years slowly extending around other European countries and the US.... Read More

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How does a large company like Sabre innovate? Lots of coffee

By Dennis Schaal | May 12, 2010

How does a large company like Sabre get the innovation vibe going? All-nighters with lots of caffeine flowing.... Read More

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Policy monitors at Carlson Wagonlit tweak tool so corporate travelers get the message

By Dennis Schaal | May 12, 2010

Carlson Wagonlit Travel integrated two corporate travel tools with the aim of bringing the expenditures of wayward business travelers back into compliance with corporate travel policies.... Read More

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gliider, TravelMuse take their squabble to Twitter

By Dennis Schaal | May 12, 2010

The heat is on among trip-planning websites gliider and TravelMuse as the two startups have taken their competition -- or might we say, confrontation -- to Twitter.... Read More

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Fly.com finds increased website traffic means more fees to ITA Software

By Dennis Schaal | May 12, 2010

Fly.com is finding that with increased traffic comes additional fees to ITA Software.... Read More

UK coalition government scraps extra runways, triggers end of web-led campaigning

By Kevin May | May 12, 2010

The historic - and, some say, surreal - new coalition government now running Great Britain has quickly put a stop to a string of new runway projects at London's airport.... Read More

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Fodors puts faith in image search for European channel launch

By Kevin May | May 12, 2010

If image-based search is the next big thing, as many might have us believe, then travel guide giant Fodor's is listening.... Read More

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Amadeus happy with Opodo ownership as rumour mill turns

By Kevin May | May 12, 2010

Amadeus has moved quickly to deny questions marks over its continued ownership of European online travel agency Opodo.... Read More

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With acquisition and lofty ambitions in hand, NewTravelco becomes TravelPost

By Dennis Schaal | May 12, 2010

NewTravelco, the travel startup formed by ex-Expedia geeks, changed its name to TravelPost.... Read More

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Shock for travel writer as mobile giants select Everything Everywhere as new brand name

By Kevin May | May 12, 2010

A well known travel writer, Gary Arndt, had the fright of his life yesterday when two of Europe's leading mobile operators T-Mobile and Orange revealed the name of their merged company.... Read More

Hong Kong Travel Site Crunch: Data Week End May 8 2010

By PhocusWire | May 12, 2010

Most popular travel websites in the Hong Kong region for the week ending May 8 2010.... Read More