2011 September

InterContinental debuts new price guarantee as hotel websites in North America dominate recovery

September 20, 2011 By Dennis Schaal Leave a Comment

Are hotel websites kicking the butts of the online travel agencies?

Filed Under: Data Tagged With: hotels, InterContinental Hotels, online travel agencies, TravelClick

Rearden Commerce survey: Mobile apps subpar for business travel

September 20, 2011 By Dennis Schaal 6 Comments

Only a quarter of travel managers believe travel apps are effective for their businesses.

Filed Under: Mobile Tagged With: apps, business travel, compliance, Mobile, Rearden Commerce, survey

Hotel Urbano extends massive lead – Top Brazil travel sites, September 17 2011

September 20, 2011 By Tnooz Leave a Comment

A click-busting lead for Hotel Urbano in Brazil as it secures a 20% market share lead over its nearest rival in the country’s leading travel websites.

Filed Under: Data Tagged With: brazil site data, hitwise, hotel urbano

Big Data: Bringing the magic back to travel technology

September 20, 2011 By Frederic Lalonde 6 Comments

Last week I was invited to speak on a panel at the Boston THack, Tnooz’s event for developers and engineers. The topic was innovation in travel technology.

Filed Under: News, Thack Tagged With: Big Data, Google, hopper, ITA Software, search, thack

CruiseEdge brings lead-generation system to travel agents for cruises

September 20, 2011 By Kevin May 5 Comments

TLabs Showcase on travel startups featuring US-based CruiseEdge, a travel agent lead generation platform for cruise trips.

Filed Under: TLabs Tagged With: cruise, cruiseedge, cruising, lead-gen, lead-generation, TLabs, tlabs showcase, travel agent

Lastminute.com overtakes Thomas Cook – Top UK travel sites, September 17 2011

September 20, 2011 By Tnooz 1 Comment

Thomas Cook has lost its coveted third place in the leading UK travel websites to Lastminute.com.

Filed Under: Data Tagged With: cheapflights, hitwise, lastminite.com, thomas cook, UK site data

TrustYou attracts $5M in funding and acquires partner ReviewAnalyst

September 20, 2011 By Dennis Schaal Leave a Comment

Social media monitoring firm TrustYou picked up $5 million in funding and recently crowned “strategic partner” ReviewAnalyst, too.

Filed Under: News Tagged With: acquisition, Credit Agricole Private Equity, funding, reputation management, ReviewAnalyst, social media, social media monitoring, trustyou

Cruise Critic seals first deal to give user reviews to external agent site

September 19, 2011 By Kevin May 1 Comment

Perhaps learning from the mothership, TripAdvisor-owned Cruise Critic has signed its first agreement to supply user reviews to a third party agent site, Virgin Holidays Cruises.