Abacus International, the Asia GDS owned by Sabre and a consortium of airlines, believes Asia is poised to become dominant in the global travel industry.
Expedia Vacation Packages to become Bundle Buys or Save-cations or …
February 8, 2011 By 2 Comments
Expedia’s Facebook fans can now choose among the top 10 finalists in a contest to come up with a new name for Expedia’s Vacation Packages.
FairSearch questions whether Google treatment of Kayak is retribution
February 8, 2011 By 2 Comments
FairSearch, the coalition opposed to Google’s acquisition of ITA Software, questions whether Google’s treatment of Kayak amounts to retribution against a competitor which has questioned Google’s market power.
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Google expands hotel price ads in Google Maps
February 8, 2011 By 12 Comments
Until now, only a limited number of advertisers could show hotel pricing and availability in Google Maps, but now Google is expanding its pay-for-click hotel price advertising program.
Travelport offers UK agents software app to book British Airways pre-paid seats
February 8, 2011 By 1 Comment
UK travel agents hooked up to the Travelport global distribution system can now download a software application to book British Airways’ pre-paid seats.
Top travel websites in France – February 5 2011
February 8, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Most popular travel websites in France for the week ending February 5 2011.
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No worries — Orbitz renews ITA Software agreement through 2015
February 7, 2011 By 2 Comments
Orbitz Worldwide, which was ITA Software’s first customer, renewed an agreement to use ITA’s airfare search product on Orbitz.com and sister site CheapTickets.com through 2015.
Hotel chains oppose online travel agency tax bill in Florida
February 7, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Major hotel chains as well as the American Hotel & Lodging Association have lined up to oppose the latest effort by online travel agencies to get legislation passed in Florida that would prohibit efforts to tax them on retail hotel rates.
SITA and Bluelon aiming for Holy Grail of the airport experience – no queues
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Air transport tech firm SITA has inked a deal with crowd management system provider Bluelon to license its iQueue system for tackling passenger congestion at airports.
Trust International gets hotel clients into Google Maps and Google Places
February 7, 2011 By 10 Comments
Hotel CRS vendor Trust International entered into a Google program to resell Google AdWords to hotel customers and get their properties displayed in Google Maps and Google Places.
