Middle East hotel prices – December 2011 to February 2012

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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.

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Ash cloud detection technology in tests over Etna, but experts doubt overall impact

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As EasyJet continues testing its ash detection kit over a Sicilian volcano, some experts have raised questions over its use and wider adoption in the airline sector.

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Only the CEO of Ryanair would have a biography like this

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Love him or hate him (or his airline), Ryanair CEO Michael O’Leary certainly knows how to poke fun not only at his own image but much of the business world around him.

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Agoda lurks behind TripAdvisor – Top New Zealand websites, December 3 2011

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Watch out TripAdvisor, here comes Agoda, nestling beneath its top spot with just a 0.5% gap in market share in the leading travel websites in New Zealand.

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Orbitz and Expedia in competing mobile initiatives

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For online travel agencies, it’s all about hotels and mobile — so witness dueling initiatives from Expedia and Orbitz.

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The case for a new airline distribution model [INFOGRAPHIC]

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Today, airlines distribute and sell their products in two ways: through their websites/call centers (direct channel) or through travel agents and online travel sites (indirect channel).

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Between Alec Baldwin and New Jersey governor, not a great week for airline and hotel staff

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Between the ranting tweets of actor Alec Baldwin and the Occupy Wall Street-targeted New Jersey governor Chris Christie, it wasn’t a great week for airline flight attendants and hotel waiters and waitresses in the public airwaves.

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TAM passes GOL to retake crown – Top Brazil travel sites, December 3 2011

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All change at the top again as GOL loses the prized top sot to TAM in the list of leading airline websites in Brazil.

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Corporate agency concedes search to searchers in new policy tool

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There’s a dirty little secret about corporate booking tools — road warriors think they are clunky and a majority do their searching on more agile consumer sites before completing their reservations in the prescribed company booking tool.

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How airlines use Twitter – November 2011 [INFOGRAPHIC]

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November 2011 saw a sizeable jump in the number of tweets mentioning the most popular airlines on Twitter, with 53,400 received by the top three compared to 46,400 the previous month.

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