Defining green — Hotels attempt standards on carbon impacts

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You’ve heard of XML standards and standards for Electronic Miscellaneous Documents? Now the hotel industry is attempting to forge a standard for measuring the impact of carbon emissions.

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Spire wants to be the next-generation flash sale travel site

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TLabs Showcase on travel startups featuring US-based Spire, a new hotel flash sale site from the backers of PerfectEscapes and TravelIntelligence.

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BA seeking Perfect Days via Facebook app

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British Airways tinkering on Facebook with launch of Perfect Days app.

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Qantas sorry after black face storm on Twitter

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Qantas has apologised after a Twitter competition saw the airline post pictures of the winners posing with black face paint and afro wigs.

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iStopOver to offer Daily Deals — on booking fees

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Peer to peer accommodation specialist iStopOver isn’t going full-throttle into flash sales, but will begin offering Daily Deals with a twist.

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Marriott cuts booking ties to Waikiki Edition hotel after management coup

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Don’t try to book the Waikiki Edition hotel through Marriott.com anymore — the website advises no rooms are available and you should try other area Marriott hotels instead.

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TomTom to add TripAdvisor app to car GPS navigation units

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Will it be a great benefit to consumers or lead to road rage by some hoteliers?

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Where are people searching for on Expedia? [INFOGRAPHIC]

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Expedia is the latest travel company to turn to the world of infographics, this time to outline search trends on its US site.

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AZDreams sweeps into third place – Top India travel websites, August 20 2011

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Enormous jump for AZDreams as it gains 10% market share and leaps over Via and Cleartrip in the list of leading agency websites in India.

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Hotel prices – Middle East – August to October 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 the Middle East, August to October 2011.

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