When it comes to certain fees and marketing possibilities, Continental and Southwest airlines are two carriers flying in different directions.
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Continental chucks free meals, Southwest bucks bag trends
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on March 15, 2010
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Skyscanner opens new site domains for Austria, Sweden and Switzerland
Posted by Kevin May 
on March 15, 2010
Metasearch engine Skyscanner has unveiled three new country domains as it continue its global expansion programme.
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Getaroom.com puts Facebook fans in video mode
Posted by Dennis Schaal on March 15, 2010
In one fell swoop, getaroom.com figured out a way to increase viewership of its commercials, boost its Facebook fan base, increase interaction with consumers, bump up traffic on its blog and plug a hotel partner.
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With Expedia pulling back, TRX delists from small cap market
Posted by Dennis Schaal on March 15, 2010
TRX won't try to regain compliance with the NASDAQ Capital Market's $2.5 million stockholder equity requirement, so it will voluntarily delist.
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Is this the most expensive iPhone travel app on the market?
Posted by Kevin May on March 15, 2010
At £20 ($30) a download for a month's service, a new iPhone product from TrafficMaster's International Rescue could be the priciest travel app around.
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Ctrip continues shopping spree, invests in hotel companies
Posted by Dennis Schaal on March 15, 2010
Days after announcing a public offering to beef up its acquisition kitty, Ctrip, the Chinese online travel company, revealed plans to invest in two hotel-management outfits.
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Oman Air, American Airlines, United Airlines boosting electronic check-in
Posted by Kevin May on March 15, 2010
A run of improvements by three major airlines are in place this week in individual bids to modernise and enhance the check-in process for passengers.
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DC policy spat: Hotels to meet with OTAs, but lobby against them
Posted by Dennis Schaal on March 15, 2010
Responding to an invitation from a coalition of intermediaries, the American Hotel & Lodging Association says it will arrange to meet with the online travel agencies about a federal hotel-tax standard -- but AH&LA's hotel members will meet with Congressional lawmakers this week "about the threat posed" by the OTAs' proposed legislation.
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Day One of Ten – Understanding tech trends in travel
Posted by Special Nodes on March 15, 2010
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GDS Bitesize – service news, agreements, products from Amadeus, Travelport and Sabre
Posted by Kevin May on March 15, 2010
The latest news from the GDS world, including new airline agreements, product news and initiatives. Latest: Travelport-Etihad.
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Reports that Travel Agent is Dead competition has died greatly exaggerated
Posted by Alex Bainbridge on March 14, 2010
Updated: Competition pulled again! Over the last few days I have been following the ups and downs of a social media campaign by iTrek, an Australian travel insurance provider.
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OTAs invite hoteliers to tax meet — dialogue or grandstanding?
Posted by Dennis Schaal on March 13, 2010
On the eve of the American Hotel & Lodging Association's March 15-16 Legislation Action Summit in Washington, D.C., a coalition of intermediaries penned an open letter to the hotel industry, urging dialogue about hoped-for federal hotel-tax legislation and inviting AH&LA leaders to meet with the group during or after the conference.
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The Week in Travel Tech – March 7 to March 13 2010
Posted by Kevin May on March 13, 2010
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Zugu lifts lid on site for Germany
Posted by Kevin May on March 13, 2010
Cheapflights has launched its second Zugu metasearch site in less than a month - using the ITB exhibition in Berlin to unveil a local version for the German market.
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