Maps Of India has just a 0.5% lead over TripAdvisor, the closest the pair have been since the user review service lost the top spot in mid-June.
TripAdvisor nears summit of leading ten – Top India travel websites, July 23 2011
Best of Tnooz This Week – Shape shifting, Ecosystem death, Truth finders
American Airlines and Travelport extend agreement beyond 2011

American Airlines and Travelport say they’ve extended their global distribution system full-content agreements beyond 2011.
Expedia rolls out new tech platform for Expedia UK hotels

Expedia Inc. is in the process of putting Expedia UK’s hotels onto Expedia’s new global technology platform and can only hope that the results mimic the gangbuster manner in which Hotels.com has taken to the platform.
How a UK startup fixed the Airbnb calendar availability problem without being asked

One common theme when technical discussions turn to Person-to-Person (P2P) marketplaces is the concept of availability control.
What are the booking patterns of guests in hotels [INFOGRAPHIC]

Hotel marketing and consultancy group WIHP has spent some monitoring the booking behaviour on consumers on independent hotels in Europe.
Flight Centre closing on Expedia, Travelzoo back – Top Australia travel websites, July 23 2011
Expedia is just 1% ahead of rival Flight Centre as the gap between the top three agencies in Australia narrows this week.














