Teletext Holidays faces tech problems as site and TV ad launch

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Teletext Holidays has admitted to teething problems with its new website – a delayed launch in itself which unfortunately has coincided with a new high profile TV ad campaign.

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WebJet eyes European online travel agency bounty

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Australia-based WebJet is committing itself to an assault on the European marketplace after signing a number of deals to help it expand.

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Amadeus-Forrester report: ancillary revenue vital to travel retailers

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Travel intermediaries are sitting on a multi-million pound bonanza if they can find the ability to sell ancillary services on behalf of suppliers, a new report suggests.

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Top travel websites in New Zealand – January 15 2011

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Most popular travel websites in New Zealand for the week ending January 15 2011:

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American Airlines gets direct-connect partner in Vegas.com

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American Airlines, battling Expedia, Orbitz and the GDSs over distribution costs and its direct-connect initiative, signed online travel agency Vegas.com as a direct-connect partner.

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Dynamic packaging – the cartoon web game

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Online games and slightly off-kilter uses of the web to attract attention are all the rage – with travel trade shows also getting in on the act in 2011.

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Tour and activity booking engine integrates trip-planning widget

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Rezgo, which powers tour and activity websites, integrated a DuffelUp.com widget, enabling consumers to adds tours and activities to their online trip plans.

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Top travel websites in Canada – January 15 2011

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Most popular travel websites in Canada for the week ending January 15 2011.

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Many home-based travel agents still have no websites

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Some fairly shocking news emerges from a survey of home-based travel agents in the U.S. — almost one in four do not have a website.

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Divide and conquer – the real story behind American Airlines row?

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I have spent a long time trying to understand what American Airlines is trying to achieve by blowing out some of the main OTAs and by seeking to go “direct”.

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