Sleeping giant, slumbering dragon, next big thing Рclich̩s to describe mobile travel but also the enormous opportunities for the travel industry when it comes to Asia-Pacific.
Google extends Hotel Finder tool beyond US destinations
October 19, 2011 By 8 Comments
Google’s experiment with its Hotel Finder tool for US destinations must be paying off as the search giant has quietly opened it up to include European cities.
Priceline to add more than 500 call center jobs in US over next five years
October 19, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Talk about a company in expansion mode? Priceline says it plans to hire 562 employees for its Michigan call center in the US over the next five years.
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EasyVoyage unseats Voyages-SNCF – Top France travel sites, October 15 2011
October 19, 2011 By 1 Comment
EasyVoyage has taken the top slot from Voyages-SNCF in the list of leading travel websites in France.
New web domains will not travel far, but other storms brewing on the horizon
October 18, 2011 By 21 Comments
I have recently been asked if the new global Top Level Domains will change or devalue the prices of existing domain names? My answer is always the same: a clear and resounding “no”.
GroundLink adds Android app and a boast
October 18, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Private car service provider GroundLink added an Android app to its mobile arsenal, and claimed an industry first.
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GuestCentric survey: Mobile consumers want hotels tonight and tomorrow
October 18, 2011 By 1 Comment
Forget about elongated booking windows when it comes to mobile-device-wielding consumers looking for a hotel room — they want their reservation pronto for tonight or tomorrow evening.
Orbitz Worldwide fined $60K on airfare fee disclosures
October 18, 2011 By 1 Comment
The US Department of Transporation fined Orbitz Worldwide for failure to adequately disclose taxes and fees in certain airfare advertisements in early 2011.
Online consumers shunning high ticket travel for cheaper items
October 18, 2011 By Leave a Comment
The online travel sector has seen its lowest quarterly growth since January 2009 according to figures from the IMRG Capgemini e-Retail Sales Index.
Picture this — Gogobot debuts iPhone app
October 18, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Gogobot took its social roadshow to mobile, launching an iPhone app which enables users to take a photo, turn it into a geo-tagged digital postcard and share it on their Facebook Timeline.
