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Qantas becomes latest airline to offer bidding for premium upgrades
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February 16, 2015
Qantas has released a new product called Bid Now Upgrades which offers frequent fliers the opportunity...
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Conrad Hotels turns some Instagram images into booking buttons
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February 13, 2015
Travelers have begun to see an industry first of sorts on the social network Instagram. Clicking on a...
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Orbitz to net $115 million from Expedia if deal falls through due to anti-trust
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February 13, 2015
The SEC published Expedia's Form 8-K which discloses its proposed merger with Orbitz Worldwide, Inc.,...
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What are the most discussed travel topics on Internet forums? [INFOGRAPHIC]
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February 13, 2015
The Internet is a vast and complicated place — especially in the depths of the many travel forums that...
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Inside the massive IT operations of a modern cruise ship [VIDEO]
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February 13, 2015
A modern cruise ship truly is a marvel of innovation and ingenuity on the IT front. In order to...
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Startup pitch: Alice wants to answer your hotel stay needs
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February 13, 2015
The idea for Alice service came to life through the frustration of not being able to connect with a...
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Worldmate platform chosen by JTB-CWT for push into Japan
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February 12, 2015
Worldmate has been named as the mobile trip-planning platform of choice for the JTB-CWT joint venture...
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Traveling? Visa may track your whereabouts, to OK your transactions
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February 12, 2015
The security measures that banks take to prevent fraudulent transactions can be too much of a good...
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This site maps every Airbnb rental in New York City
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February 12, 2015
Inside Airbnb, a data visualization tool released this week activist Murray Cox, scrapes Airbnb's...
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Emerging markets continue to turn to technology to book travel
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February 12, 2015
While emerging markets are taking a bit of a beating as far as growth, the expectations on the travel...
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