Cruise website takes The Daily Show approach to online marketing

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You have to hand it to cruise online travel agent Cruisenow.com for simply trying something different – creating fake news reels for YouTube in the style of Jon Stewart’s The Daily Show.

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Nokia extends Ovi location-aware hotel search into US and UK via Expedia

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Expedia is to power a new hotel search system on all Nokia GPS handsets in the US and UK using the mobile manufacturer’s Ovi maps system.

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PhoCusWright charts future of ancillary services — and it ain’t pretty

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PhoCusWright took stock of airline ancillary services and branded fares, concluded that an already complex product will get even more complex — and indicated the losers could be travel agencies and global distribution systems.

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Most popular Canada travel websites – June 5 2010

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Most popular travel websites in Canada for the week ending June 5 2010.

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Social media sites overtake search engines: travel must adapt quickly

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Data showing that search engines now account for less traffic than social networks illustrates two things: search is changing forever and travel companies need to act fast.

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Virgin Holidays builds social web tools, looks to VTravelled integration

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Tour operator Virgin Holidays is showing off plans this week to build a social media structure into its website, despite a network already existing within the group.

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US travel agency pushes into Canada with Avoya Travel website

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America’s Vacation Center made a push for Canadian travelers with the official launch of a new website, Avoya Travel, which it dubs, “Canada’s Vacation Centre.”

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Most popular France travel websites – June 5 2010

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Most popular travel websites in France for the week ending June 5 2010.

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Five tips to get that travel technology job application noticed

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If the amount of job openings received over the past three months is an indicator, I would suggest that things are definitely looking up.

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Most popular UK travel websites – June 5 2010

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Most popular travel websites in the UK for the week ending June 5 2010.

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