TripAdvisor pulls away – Top Canada travel sites, October 15 2011

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TripAdvisor now has clear water between it and second place in the list of leading travel websites in Canada.

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Can we de-commoditize air travel once and for all?

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Why is air travel such a commodity? After all, it’s often one of the most durable memories of a trip.

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Gap Daemon brings social media, tips and reassurance to gap year trips

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TLabs Showcase on travel startups featuring UK-based Gap Daemon, a community platform for young travellers on gap year trips.

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Leading three agencies secure third of market – Top Australia travel websites, October 15 2011

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WebJet, Expedia and Flight Centre have captured a third of the entire agency category in the list of leading travel websites in Australia.

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Airline ancillary revenue champs packing quite a punch

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Airline ancillary revenue around the world increased 43% to $32.5 billion in 2011 and the most active practitioners get nearly one-fifth of their operating revenue from such fees.

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Funding extravaganza: GramercyOne $14.5M and Liftopia $1.3M

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Two companies intersecting the travel industry — GramercyOne and Liftopia — picked up venture capital funding in separate transactions.

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Travelport partners with TravelSky to beef up seat map technology

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Travelport has joined forces with Beijing-based TravelSky on a project aimed at taking seat map technology to the next level.

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SilverRail brings multi country rail to Europe

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SilverRail Technologies has unveiled its search and ticketing platform which aims to integrate rail connections from across the globe into a single booking system.

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Booking travel on the web should be as easy as buying a loaf of bread

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Well, not quite. But listen to any user experience expert or online travel workflow designer and they will usually say the following: “Keep it simple and intuitive.”

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SouthWest and Delta pull ahead – Top US travel sites, October 15 2011

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Carrier SouthWest has almost a quarter of all traffic to airline websites in the US this week, with Delta also commanding a 14% share of the category.

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