Amadeus to provide competitive intelligence to destinations, hotels

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Amadeus has a lot of airline booking data, to say the least, and the company utilizes those numbers in a new product that helps hotels and destination management organizations gauge how they measure up against the local market.

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Stats: How travellers use social media, or not

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Some interesting data – for the pros and antes of social media – from a study carried out by World Travel Market at the launch of its annual exhibition in London this week.

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Google Chrome offering free Wi-Fi on AirTran, Delta, Virgin America

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Google Chrome wants to ensure that airlines aren’t nickel-and-diming travelers during the holiday season.

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Google-ITA Software deal: The video wars

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Like football players before a big game, U.S. Dept. of Justice employees reviewing the Google-ITA Sotware acquisition must spend plenty of time in the video room.

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American, Delta, Air Canada mull self-service bag tagging

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American, Delta and Air Canada all are talking to the U.S. Transporation Security Administration about pilot programs that would enable passengers to tag their own luggage instead of having ticket counter agents do it.

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EasyJet Holidays rival bidder says relieved and disappointed

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On Holiday Group has hinted at the enormity of the task ahead for the partner working with EasyJet in ramping up its ambitious Holidays brand.

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TripSwarm startup lasts all of a few weeks

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Strange happenings at fledgling startup TripSwarm with news that at least one of the co-founders has quit, citing creative differences and saturation of the market.

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EasyJet steps up holiday move with Lowcost Travel Group hotel deal

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EasyJet has switched provider of hotel inventory for its holiday division to the Lowcost Travel Group in what is being billed as a major upgrade to its wider travel strategy in Europe.

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American Airlines files legal action against Travelport

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The lawyers for American Airlines and Travelport had very busy Fridays as both companies took legal action against the other over American’s notice that it will pull out of Orbitz and the consequent ramifications to the full-content GDS agreement between American and Travelport.

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Top Tnooz this week – Unsociable A380, Red Badge slapdown, Direct intervention

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What were the most popular articles on Tnooz this week?

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