Hot on the heels of research yesterday that indicated an apparent mass reluctance to make bookings on handsets is better news for the mobile travel sector – ticketing is booming.
People fear booking on a mobile but will happily receive tickets
February 3, 2010 By 3 Comments
Travelzoo posts profit despite losses in Europe
February 3, 2010 By 3 Comments
Having shed its money-losing Asia-Pacific businesses in the fourth quarter, Travelzoo posted net income of $1.5 million during the period from its businesses in North America and Europe on revenue of $23.8 million, a 21% year-over-year increase.
Top ten ways to keep hold of your employees in 2010
February 3, 2010 By 3 Comments
Many people are saying that the hardest issue that travel companies will have to deal with in 2010 is not recruiting employees but keeping the ones they already have.
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In great grape mashup, NileGuide signs sweet deal with Wine Travel Guides
February 3, 2010 By 1 Comment
Trip-planning website NileGuide signed a content partnership with Wine Travel Guides, enabling NileGuide users to tap into expert tips on wine tours in France, Italy and Spain.
Australia Travel Site Crunch: Data Week End January 30 2010
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Ctrip to buy 90% of Hong Kong agency to improve position in Greater China
February 2, 2010 By 3 Comments
Leading Shanghai-based online travel agency Ctrip.com revealed it intends to pay $88 million in cash to buy 90% of the shares of Wing On Travel, a leisure travel agency headquartered in Hong Kong.
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Nuts and bolts behind HomeAway’s Super Bowl ad — $1M in new hardware
February 2, 2010 By 2 Comments
There’s much more to readying an advertisement for Sunday night’s Super Bowl than striking the optimum creative and branding themes: HomeAway, apparently the lone travel dot-com advertiser this year, invested some $1 million in new hardware to handle an anticipated spike in website traffic, the company says.
Clash of the Titans — AHLA, ITSA discuss terms for a sitdown
February 2, 2010 By 1 Comment
Two leading U.S. travel industry groups, the American Hotel & Lodging Association and the Interactive Travel Services Association, are discussing terms for a sitdown over their bitter clash about ITSA’s push for federal legislation that would limit online travel agencies’ exposure to local hotel-occupancy taxes.
HomeAway puts faith in objectivity with Gran Tourismo project
February 2, 2010 By 4 Comments
Holiday rental giant HomeAway has quadrupled its PR budget in the UK for 2010 to help engineer an initiative to send two bloggers around the world for 12 months.
Does mobile travel have a problem if four out of five consumers say they would never buy from a handset?
February 2, 2010 By 10 Comments
An in-depth report into online fraud and how companies are dealing with such activity also claims 78% of consumers will never make a booking on their phone.
