Clarke of Travelport on Google-ITA Software, IPO, airline contracts

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Travelport recently released revision 4 of its e-Pricing airline shopping and faring tool and President and CEO Jeff Clarke says e-Pricing will continue to compete with ITA Software’s QPX solution despite Google’s pending acquisition of the Cambridge, Mass., company.

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A new destination marketing organization strategy involving the tripecho

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In this era of iPads, metasearch and consumer content, where does the traditional CVB (convention and visitors bureau) or DMO (destination marketing organization) fit into the ever-fracturing leisure travel planning process?

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Orbitz Worldwide posts profit, but like Expedia, can’t keep pace with Priceline hotel growth

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Orbitz Worldwide posted a profit in the second quarter and its gross bookings rose 21%, but like Expedia Inc., Orbitz didn’t keep pace with Priceline in growth of hotel room nights booked.

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TravelPost drops Travel Discussions in favor of Connections with Facebook integration

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Suddenly Questions are all the rage and TravelPost launched Connections, a feature one offiicial dubs, “the most superior Questions and Answer offering in Travel.”

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Amadeus — New kid on the fares block?

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Amadeus has started to roll out its new fare and pricing tools.

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Most popular Hong Kong travel websites – July 31 2010

Most popular travel websites in the Hong Kong region for the week ending July 24 2010.

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AgentWare partners with SilverRail to add rail to distribution mix

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AgentWare teamed with SilverRail Technologies to begin offering rail-supplier inventory from the U.S. and Europe.

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American Airlines investigating puppy deaths

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American Airlines wants to get out front of a tragedy involving some puppies.

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Travelport agencies to sell United ancillary services, Economy Plus seating

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Travelport and United Airlines extended their content agreement two years, and as part of the pact travel agencies hooked up to the Apollo, Galileo and Worldspan global distribution systems should be able to offer the airline’s Economy Plus seating later this year.

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LAN Airlines taps Orbitz Worldwide over Expedia for private label solution

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LAN Airlines, which has existing hotel relationships with Expedia Inc.’s hotels.com and Travelport’s Octopus Travel, selected Orbitz Worldwide’s private-label solution for dynamic packages.

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