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Top travel websites in New Zealand – June 11 2011

June 15, 2011 By Tnooz Leave a Comment

Most popular travel websites in New Zealand for the week ending June 11 2011:

Filed Under: Data Tagged With: hitwise, new zealand site data

TripAdvisor reviews added to First Choice website, three years late

June 15, 2011 By Kevin May Leave a Comment

News that TripAdvisor reviews will be added to the website of long haul tour operator First Choice sounds like just another content partnership – but the reality is somewhat different.

Filed Under: News Tagged With: first choice, thomson, tour operator, travelsupermarket, tripadvisor, TUI, user generated content, user review

Taking hotels to the next level with location-based social media

June 15, 2011 By Special Nodes 2 Comments

As social media and smartphones continue to dominate the landscape and people become more addicted to “checking in” and updating their status, the hospitality industry must continue to leverage these tools.

Filed Under: How To Tagged With: android, blackberry, facebook, facebook places, foursquare, Gowalla, hsmai, iphone, Mobile, social media, twitter

Iron Maiden frontman stars in web airline safety video

June 15, 2011 By Kevin May 2 Comments

Who else to lead a serious aviation safety programme than the lead singer of one of the world’s biggest heavy metal bands – Bruce Dickinson of Iron Maiden.

Filed Under: News Tagged With: airline, airport, aviation safety, CAA, civil aviation authority, FAA, federal aviation administration, pilot

The problem of managing and nurturing Gen-Y in travel tech

June 15, 2011 By Special Nodes 20 Comments

After appearing on a panel at the recent Mumbrella360 event in Australia, I was struck by one particular question from the audience: “Is being called ‘So Gen-Y’ an insult?”

Filed Under: geny Tagged With: easytobook, gen-y, gen-y collective, webintravel, WIT

Sabre and ReviewPro unite to bring social media monitoring tools to hotels

June 15, 2011 By Kevin May 1 Comment

Landmark deal for Barcelona-based startup ReviewPro after securing a deal with Sabre Hospitality Solutions to provide reputation management services to hotels.

Filed Under: News Tagged With: facebook, hotel, reviewpro, sabre, Sabre Hospitality Solutions, social media, twitter, user generated content, user review

Wimdu captures mammoth $90M funding round for apartment rental push

June 15, 2011 By Kevin May 14 Comments

Looks like investment bragging rights belong to apartment rental service Wimdu after confirming an eye-watering $90 million funding round ahead of rival Airbnb making its own deal official.