Hotel prices – Australia-New Zealand – July to September 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 Australia-New Zealand from July to September.

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Yatra edging close to MakeMyTrip – Top India travel websites, July 2 2011

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Indian online travel agency Yatra has narrowed the gap on its rival MakeMyTrip and extended its lead over third placed Cleartrip to 5% of the market.

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Best of Tnooz This Week – Device influence, Google future, Social living

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What were the best articles on Tnooz this week?

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Airline duo secure half of total audience – Top Brazil travel sites, July 2 2011

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Brazilian airlines GOL and TAM have managed to grab more than half of the airline website market share in the country.

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LivingSocial inching toward IPO consideration of $1 billion

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Flash sales site LivingSocial believes group buying works for the travel industry so you can expect more along those lines considering that it is lining up bankers to execute what could be a $1 billion IPO.

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Tnooz Nuggets – Friday 8 July 2011

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This is the regular Tnooz roundup of news from around the travel industry, all with a travel-tech, digital twist — Friday 8 July 2011. Today it’s featuring Premier Inn, TripAdvisor, American Airlines, LowCostVillas, ReviewPro and Pitchup.

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Online travel agencies seek to suppress court disclosure on service fees

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Major online travel agencies are seeking to reverse a federal court’s public disclosure of how they calculate their service fees when selling hotel rooms using the merchant model.

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Online travel agencies lose $20M Texas class action on hotel taxes

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Major online travel agencies, including Expedia, Priceline, Travelocity and Orbitz, lost a class-action lawsuit by 173 cities in Texas and could owe them more than $20 million in hotel occupancy taxes.

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How airlines use Twitter – June 2011 [infographic]

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Southwest Airlines moves into second place as the global carrier with the most mentions, according to the latest report ranking activity by airlines on Twitter.

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Expedia extends lead at the top – Top Canada travel sites, July 2 2011

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Expedia has secured almost a 10% lead over its nearest rival amongst travel intermediaries in Canada.

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