San Francisco has seemingly easy fix for hotel tax issue

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San Francisco has an easy fix for the wrenching hotel-tax issue: Just have the hotels make sure that the online travel agencies are paying the full amount.

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The terminator — Southwest to quash WestJet codeshare agreement

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Southwest says WestJet requested “significant changes” to a 2008 codeshare agreement so Southwest has decided to terminate the pact.

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Southwest adds online booking for unaccompanied minors, increases fee

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Southwest Airlines says its website will soon handle online booking for unaccompanied minors and the airline will double the one-way service fee to $50.

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Day Five of Five – How to manage a reputation online

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Just as in the offline world, a modern online business etiquette is to be useful in your networks.

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Zoombu finally opens its tightly locked doors to the public

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Fledgling metasearch engine Zoombu, which has been in private beta for months, has drawn back the curtains to finally reveal its product to the wider world.

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Chart – traffic to airline websites soared on Ash Thursday

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No surprise here at all, but some indication of the travel chaos that set in yesterday and hundreds of thousands of passengers found themselves stranded across Europe.

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Hong Kong Travel Site Crunch: Data Week End April 10 2010

Most popular travel websites in the Hong Kong region for the week ending April 10 2010.

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Travel Onion, NileGuide make express push for local blog content

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Do you want to read about some lost ballerina shoes in London? A sexual harassment suit in New York City? And, oh yes, there’s a free Earth Day block party in Washington, D.C.

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Australia Travel Site Crunch: Data Week End April 10 2010

Most popular travel websites in Australia for the week ending April 10 2010.

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American Airlines: No declaration about user-pay model

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American Airlines, which hasn’t spoken publicly about its merchandising and distribution plans, issued a short statement on the subject.

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