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The perils of being social versus the perils of the web

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

The growth of social networking has been quite pronounced and almost everyone knows about it. However there is a very interesting dichotomy from different cultures. Read More

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Viator adds destination content, becomes more social

By Dennis Schaal | September 22, 2010

Viator, the destination activities website, expanded its attractions content and made it possible for members to share reviews and recommendations with their social networks. Read More

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GDSs need a YouTube channel to Answer Farelogix Questions

By Dennis Schaal | September 21, 2010

Farelogix has been deftly using YouTube to raise interesting airline distribution questions in its Ask the Question series. Read More

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American Airlines solicits travel agencies for direct-connect

By Dennis Schaal | September 20, 2010

American Airlines is proceeding with plans to sign up travel agencies to access its reservations system through AA Direct Connect and outside the global distribution systems. Read More

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Future of travel reservation systems is CRM - but not as we know it

By Alex Bainbridge | September 20, 2010

For those of us who work in the travel reservation system software world we tend to be optimising and commoditising ideas that were first mooted in the late 1990s. Read More

Brazil airline GOL takes to YouTube and elevators for image redo

By Dennis Schaal | September 16, 2010

GOL Airlines, the Brazilian low cost carrier, has taken to YouTube and shopping mall elevators to mount an advertising campaign to remake its image after labor problems last month. Read More

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Eleven tips for bootstrapping an online travel startup

By Viewpoints | September 16, 2010

There are many different approaches to financing a new online travel company, raise venture funding, tap into a wide network of angel investors, or go it alone. Read More

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Skoosh takes on Booking.com in very public battle over rates

By Kevin May | September 10, 2010

UK hotel site Skoosh is attempting to draw Priceline-owned brand Booking.com into a bitter and very open fight over room rate policy. Read More

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Travelocity relaunches IgoUgo for social travel planning

By Dennis Schaal | September 10, 2010

Travelocity is testing the relaunch of IgoUgo, its advertising and media play, with enhanced social travel-planning features. Read More

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Do we still need travel communities in the Facebook age?

By Viewpoints | September 10, 2010

Pre-Facebook, a new travel web community would arrive almost on a monthly basis. But what did the omnipresent social network do to its smaller competition? Read More

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Nokia parks Dopplr travel network in neutral

By Kevin May | September 10, 2010

Nokia has confirmed that the Dopplr travel social network it bought in September 2009 has effectively been put into live storage and there are no plans to do anything with it. Read More

When Continental website went down, Twitter worked

By Dennis Schaal | September 3, 2010

Continental.com went down for about two hours yesterday afternoon because of an unspecified technical issue. Read More

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Ten tips for better revenue management in independent hotels

By Viewpoints | September 3, 2010

Social media, distribution channels, web investment, discounting, being risky and target-setting - it couldn't be easier as an independent hotel owner, right? Read More

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iPad and other cool tech: killing the downtime of travellers?

By Siew Hoon Yeoh | September 1, 2010

I recently caught up with Benson Puah, the man who runs the Esplanade-Theatres On the Bay, to see if technology is intruding into his world of live events. Read More

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Google tight-lipped over Google Bypass project

By Kevin May | August 30, 2010

On Holiday Group was not expected to be given much time before Google came down hard on the company for brand name infringement over the Google Bypass project. Read More

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