Afghan airline gets mobile payments and SMS tickets

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Roshan, a mobile network in Afghanistan, says it now offers mobile payments for Kam Air, a private airline based in Kabul.

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American Airlines jabs Orbitz on YouTube

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Judging from the latest American Airlines commercial on YouTube, the chances of an American Airlines content agreement with Orbitz Worldwide in the short-term are very slim.

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With deadline up, Sabre says it will not immediately bias American Airlines flights

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With a June 1 deadline approaching, a Sabre official told customers the company doesn’t intend to immediately resume biasing American Airlines’ flights in the global distribution system.

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KLM launches GiggleJiggle promo, all sorts of folk found dancing

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Dutch airline KLM clearly has plenty of resources to pour into off-kilter marketing campaigns – this time with an online postcard mailer which places the user in destinations on the network.

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Priceline Negotiator app provides incentives for website bookings

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Is Priceline trying to convert users of its Priceline Hotel & Car Negotiator app to Priceline.com bookers instead?

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Top travel websites in the US – May 28 2011

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Most popular travel websites in the US for the week ending May 28 2011.

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Travel industry gatekeepers should open their APIs to breed innovation

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Jeff Lawson, CEO of app software firm Twilio, gave a great talk at last week’s Gluecon conference about enabling so-called “DOers” in large organizations.

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Top travel websites in the UK – May 28 2011

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Most popular travel websites in the UK for the week ending May 28 2011.

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Hotel pricing – North America – May to July 2011

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Data trends on cheapest hotel rates as well as median rate for three months of three, four and five star hotels across some of the major cities in North America.

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Germany overhauls hotel star rating system, combines pro and user reviews

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The star classification system for hotels in Germany is to be radically overhauled and will now include a mixture of expert opinion and consumer reviews.

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