If you are traveling in the Paris Metro or riding the bus and rails in New York City and you don’t have a clue where to transfer or stop to check out that art museum or dive bar, Google Maps 5.7 for Android may now become your tour guide.
Lufthansa iPad app gets inspirational and practical
July 7, 2011 By Leave a Comment
The new Lufthansa for iPad app is available globally in English or German and it caters to people looking for a little travel inspiration and also to the practically minded traveler.
LivingSocial on why group buying works for the travel industry
July 7, 2011 By 10 Comments
US-based LivingSocial, one of the deal sites-of-the-moment alongside Groupon, launched its travel-oriented vertical LivingSocial Escapes in December 2010.
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Teletext returns at expense of Skyscanner – Top UK sites, July 2 2011
July 7, 2011 By 2 Comments
Plenty of switching around amongst the leading UK travel sites with Teletext Holidays making a return to the top ten, Travelzoo climbing and Skyscanner dropping out.
BookingBrick brings hotel bookings to mobile applications
July 7, 2011 By 1 Comment
TLabs Showcase on travel startups featuring France-based hotel mobile application booking engine BookingBrick.
Why hotels should think of themselves before embracing Facebook and flash sales
July 6, 2011 By 5 Comments
A well-known story for hotels: powerful middlemen that dominate the market and put pressure on the property managers to lower prices and increase the commission.
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Lufthansa tests Amadeus Affinity Shopper on Russia site
July 6, 2011 By 2 Comments
Lufthansa is testing the Amadeus Affinity Shopper vacation-inspiration-oriented flight search tool on an eighth country site, Lufthansa Russia, and plans to deploy it there before the end of 2011.
Orbitz focusing on hotels in new iPad app
July 6, 2011 By 2 Comments
Orbitz introduced Orbitz Hotels for the iPad, sticking with the high-margin hotel business for its first mobile implementation on a tablet.
The $700M question: How will Google take travel search global?
July 6, 2011 By 21 Comments
Almost 12 months to the day, Google finally announced what many had been anticipating for years: the search giant was getting into travel in a major way.
Tripodo brings European flavour to tours and activities marketplace
July 6, 2011 By Leave a Comment
TLabs Showcase on travel startups featuring Germany-based tour and activity marketplace Tripodo.
