The very public flap between Google and TripAdvisor over hotel reviews continues to play out like a travel industry soap opera.
TLabs Showcase – Inspirato
February 4, 2011 By 2 Comments
TLabs Showcase on travel startups featuring US-based luxury vacation rental and trip management service Inspirato.
Teletext relaunches Villarenters, pushes self-service technology
February 4, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Teletext Holidays is upping its fight against HomeAway in the holiday letting market in the UK, unveiling a new version of its VillaRenters brand and the system to support it.
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EasyVoyage buys Dealchecker, TravelJungle and FSI Travel for Euro 10M
February 3, 2011 By 2 Comments
More movement in the European online travel sector with EasyVoyage paying Euro 10 million to buy fellow travel players Dealchecker and TravelJungle.
Travelzoo reduced Fly.com marketing to focus on Local Deals
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Travelzoo is ramping up its Local Deals business full-throttle and consequently reduced marketing spend in the fourth quarter for its Fly.com metasearch business and SuperSearch advertising platform, resulting in decreased revenue in those businesses.
Expedia alumni form part of Hipmunk $4.2M investment group
February 3, 2011 By 5 Comments
Startup darling Hipmunk has wooed the likes of former-Expedia execs Rich Barton, Erik Blachford and Simon Breakwell to join a team investing $4.2 million in the business.
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ITA Software undertakes puzzling recruitment drive with QR Code
February 3, 2011 By 5 Comments
You are a technical engineer, consultant or operations person and you happen to be riding the Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority Red Line in Boston or Cambridge, Mass., when a QR Code with no other identifying information appears in a print advertisement above your head.
TripAdvisor buys mobile travel service Everytrail
February 3, 2011 By 7 Comments
TripAdvisor is throwing its considerable weight into the mobile travel arena even further, illustrated today with the acquisition of user-led trip planning service Everytrail.
Farelogix probes divergent Travelport views on Air Canada, American Airlines direct-connects
February 3, 2011 By 10 Comments
In its latest Ask the Question video, Farelogix points to the seeming contradiction between Travelport’s praise of its direct-connect with Air Canada and vehement opposition to American Airlines Direct Connect.
Facebooks Deals a killer blow to Groupon for travel offers
February 3, 2011 By 24 Comments
Earlier this week, Facebook announced the launch of Facebook Deals in Canada, the UK and Europe.
