TLabs Showcase on travel startups featuring Canada-based Backbid, an auction platform to allow consumers to bid on unwanted hotel reservations.
Backbid hammers into auction model with hotel exchange service
September 13, 2011 By 6 Comments
EasyJet builds on leading spot – Top France travel websites, September 11 2011
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Low cost carrier EasyJet increased its winning in France this week, securing a 2% market share lead over Air France.
Travelocity out and Orbitz in as private label provider for American Express travel site
September 12, 2011 By 2 Comments
In what Orbitz Worldwide believes is a very significant deal, its private label service is slated to replace Travelocity’s as the power behind the American Express Consumer Travel site in the second half of 2012.
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Ship Mate brings cruise planning, port content and a social network to mobile
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TLabs Showcase on travel startups featuring US-based Ship Mate, a mobile application for leisure cruise passengers.
Analyst: No Groupon-like pause — TripAdvisor spinoff on track
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While Groupon is reconsidering the timing of its IPO because of market volatility and other factors, there seemingly is no hesitation about Expedia Inc.’s hoped-for spinoff of TripAdvisor.
HomeAway lists discounted vacation rentals for victims of Vermont floods, Texas wildfires
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There couldn’t be more of a contrast between flooding in Vermont from Hurricane Irene and the parched earth that fed Texas wildfires, but both natural catastrophes left people needing temporary homes and HomeAway has provided an assist.
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Priceline ultimately debuts iPad app with map centerpiece and in-app bookings
September 12, 2011 By 2 Comments
A map, which Priceline dubs, the Ultimate Booking Machine, is the centerpiece of the online travel agency’s just-released first iPad app.
TripAdvisor quietly changes site titles, promise of trustworthy reviews watered down
September 12, 2011 By 7 Comments
Curious switch on TripAdvisor in recent weeks with the user review giant quietly altering the wording against reviews on its hotel pages.
VisitEngland websites saga rumbles on
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Eviivo to carry on pricing and availability service to tourist boards and other businesses affected by VisitEngland’s decision to end ‘financial and operational support’ for EnglandNet platform
Hotel prices – North America – September to November 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 North America, September to November 2011.
