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Canadian budget carrier WestJet said its SabreSonic reservation system, turned on in October, will enhance the airline's abilities to partner with other carriers, but WestJet's implementation schedule for a Southwest codeshare may extend beyond the previously announced late-2010 timetable.... Read More

Australia-New Zealand online accommodation service Wotif is targeting some of the biggest players in the region's flight search and booking sector with the launch of WotFlight.... Read More

Two recent studies point to the emergence of the newly chastened traveler. So what are we - victims or champions?... Read More

Seeking to increase its hotel and vacation package distribution, Orbitz introduced a travel agent website which enables travel professionals globally to earn commission and tack on their own service fees and markups.... Read More

Tnooz is excited to be involved in the first of a series of surveys co-produced with Australia-based hotel metasearch engine HotelsCombined.... Read More

After integrating its flight price-tracking with TripIt a couple of months ago, Yapta continues its coming out party by entering into a hoped-for mutually beneficial arrangement with metasearch leader Kayak.... Read More

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Travelport GDS, which operates the Apollo/Galileo and Worldspan global distribution systems, became the first GDS to complete a U.S. Dept. of Commerce self-certification process related to privacy practices when transferring data from Europe to the U.S.... Read More

Reports today suggesting Ryanair has settled out of court with Expedia over their ill-fated partnership has thrown the spotlight once again on the airline's white label deals.... Read More

On the heels of the suspension of lead-generation service Tripology, along comes travel agent directory TripWitt.com, which says it has a different strategy for sustainable growth.... Read More

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Sabre's mobile itinerary-management tool, TripCase, has been marketing itself to consumers in its early days, but it just entered the business-to-business arena by signing on its first travel management company, Omega World Travel.... Read More

So who owns a review? Product reviews are known to work on travel websites but when a consumer adds a review who owns it?... Read More

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Blaise Aguera y Arcas of Microsoft Live Labs has built a formidable reputation around himself after his now famous demonstration of PhotoSynth at TED conference in March 2007.... Read More