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HotelsCombined enjoys sudden, under-the-radar growth
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August 22, 2013
The Sydney-based accommodation metasearch site doubled in size by traffic, revenue and staff during the past 18 months, despite North America overlooking this scrappy underdog from Down Under.
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EasyJet takes crown from Ryanair (by slimmest of margins) - Top UK travel websites, June 2013
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July 17, 2013
After losing its coveted position as the leading airline website in the UK in May, EasyJet has regained top spot from Ryanair despite losing market share in June.
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Ryanair takes prime position from EasyJet - Top UK travel websites, May 2013
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June 13, 2013
EasyJet has seen its prized position as market leader in the list of leading airline websites in the UK snatched away by arch rival Ryanair.
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No frills carriers fly ahead, Thomas Cook overtakes Expedia - Top UK travel websites, April 2013
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May 20, 2013
The gap between EasyJet and Ryanair has narrowed at the top of leading airline websites in the UK, but the pair have also stretched their respective leads over British Airways.
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GuestLogix, the on-board merchandising processor, hints at big moves this month
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May 5, 2013
Expect the largest onboard payments processor to announce either an acquisition, its purchase by a larger player, or a plan to raise capital to invest in supporting payment processing for in-flight...
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Is online marketing getting more sophisticated or just more annoying (and a bit creepy)?
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April 29, 2013
News that Ryanair has signed a deal with data marketing specialist Adara is interesting in that it gives the airline access to additional revenue from targeted advertising as well as hopefully the sale...
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Thomson loses ground, Ryanair creeps up on EasyJet - Top UK travel websites, March 2013
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April 24, 2013
Some early moves in the list of leading travel sites in the UK as the gloomy winter makes way for spring and post-Christmas sales rush subsides.
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Ryanair flies ahead of British Airways - Top UK travel websites, February 2013
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March 19, 2013
British Airways has lost out to Ryanair in the list of leading travel websites in the UK, but the Ireland-based low cost carrier is still languishing behind rival EasyJet.
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It's a Captcha, but not as we know it
By Linda Fox
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February 19, 2013
Ryanair uses them, Ticketmaster uses them and even Expedia has been known to use them but Captchas are evolving from the squiggly often illegible words familiar to most
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The Scan: Visit Suffolk and HomeAway campaigning, Datalex and Onefinestay recruiting and other travel tech news
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February 15, 2013
Visit Suffolk, HomeAway, Datalex, Onefinestay, Ebookers, Farelogix, Dolphin Dynamics, Farelogix, Vayable, EZY-Go, RyanairHotels and Egypt also get a mention in our scan of briefs and other items making...
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Ryanair abandons Captcha online security for simpler, more friendly system
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February 4, 2013
It seems Captcha security measures are annoying consumers enough to make a couple of companies to ditch the system for something for user-friendly
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British Airways and Thomson rise to the top - Top UK travel websites, December 2012
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January 7, 2013
New leaders in the airline and agency categories at the end of 2012 as British Airways and Thomson leapfrog their rivals to become the most popular travel websites in the UK.
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The Scan: Kayak booms, United's systems fail again, Ryanair wins in court, and more news
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November 15, 2012
Ryanair, FlightStats, Kayak, Superfly, Vayama, Onefinestay, Cheap Tickets, Los Angeles Tourism, Jetpac, Facebook, Small Luxury Hotels of the World, all get mentioned in our roundup of the short news...
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The Scan: Vayama reboots its international flight metasearch, Hipmunk reboots its hotel search, and more news
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November 14, 2012
Hipmunk, Vayama, TVTrip, Leading Hotels of the World, Hostelworld, RyanAir, Easyjet, Kulula Airlines, OpenJaw, and AvailPro all get mentioned in our roundup of the short news items driving opinion on 14...
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The Scan: Ryanair booking app costs £3 but travellers buy it anyway, and more travel tech news
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October 26, 2012
Ryanair, American Airlines, CheckInToMyFlight, Southwest Airlines, IDeaS Revenue Solutions, Amazon, Living Social, and ResponsibleTravel all appear in our roundup of the stories making news and driving...
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