Expedia alumni Rich Barton, Simon Breakwell, Greg Slyngstad and others funded for travel startup

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The mystery surrounding the startup fronted by former-Expedia chief executive and president Rich Barton is starting to unravel with more old pals joining the team and a funding round secured.

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TLabs Showcase – FlightCaster

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TLabs focus on startups featuring FlightCaster from San Francisco.

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New-tool time for meeting planners, hotels

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Two corporate meetings’ technology companies, HotelPlanner.com and StarCite, rolled out new tools for meeting planners and hotels, respectively.

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Day Five of Ten – Understanding tech trends in travel

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What creates customer loyalty in this market?

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When the affiliate marketing community turns on a travel company

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Quite a furore in the travel affiliate marketing sector this week when a travel firm was exposed for charging different prices to consumers depending on how they arrived on the site.

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Hong Kong Travel Site Crunch: Data Week End March 13 2010

Most popular travel websites in the Hong Kong region for the week ending March 13 2010.

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With FROM technology in place, BookIt.com launches first national TV campaign

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BookIt.com, an online travel agency based in Panama CityBeach, Fla., is engaged in its first national TV advertising campaign.

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With no shred of doubt, this ticket stock will self-destruct in 3…2…1…

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With more than 99% of sales through the Airlines Reporting Corp. involving e-tickets, the air transaction clearinghouse eliminated the requirement that travel agencies return their unused ticket stock.

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Expedia begins global roll-out of new brand and sites

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European Expedia sites have had their widely expected makeover today as the US-led rebranding effort gathers pace around the world.

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Move to create system combining star ratings and user generated reviews for hotels

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In what will be a landmark move in the UK, tourism authorities are set to shake up the hotel rating system by combining the existing star system with user generated content.

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