Destination activities and tours agency Viator is to open four new country sites in Nothern Europe as part of its ongoing expansion programme.
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Viator heads to Scandinavia with four new country sites
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on February 9, 2010
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HomeAway gets huge thumbs up for online strategic support for Super Bowl ad
Posted by Kevin May on February 8, 2010
The debut Super Bowl ad for the US Super Bowl last night has won the praise of a marketing monitoring firm.
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GAP Adventures turn for dream job-picture-trip online competition
Posted by Kevin May on February 8, 2010
GAP Adventures is the latest in what is becoming an increasingly long line of travel companies to turn to online competitions to raise their profile.
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Travelzoo heads email charts, but are figures representative?
Posted by Kevin May on February 8, 2010
Deals publisher Travelzoo is understandably showing off some data this week that illustrates its position at the top of a chart of travel firms who receive traffic from user emails.
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Look what WAYN online travel network is up to now – dating product to launch this week
Posted by Kevin May on February 8, 2010
Love is in the air at WAYN as it appears the travel social network is planning to unveil a dating service on St Valentine's Day.
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HotelsCombined adds TUI and HRS to European partners
Posted by Kevin May on February 8, 2010
Hotelopia and Hotel Reservation Service have joined the HotelsCombined metasearch engine roster of European brands spearheading its growth across the continent.
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The Week in Travel Tech – January 31 to February 6 2010
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Tripology CEO speaks – but will not discuss old investor Markus Deutsch
Posted by Kevin May on February 6, 2010
John Peters, CEO of under-pressure agent-lead service Tripology, has broken his silence after a difficult week for the New York-based company.
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Yahoo patents new mobile ad technology to work out where the user is travelling
Posted by Kevin May on February 5, 2010
There is so much focus on Google and Apple in the mobile phone market that it may come as a surprise to hear that Yahoo is the tech firm knocking on the door of the patent office.
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Four travel-related domain name sales fetched $4.5 million in 2009
Posted by Kevin May on February 5, 2010
Sales of domains Fly.com, Russia.com, America.com and Brazil.com were among the top ten highest valued URLs in 2009 as travel and geography-related sites showed a rise in popularity with buyers.
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Fly.com may have hotels and car hire by end of 2010, German launch imminent
Posted by Kevin May on February 5, 2010
Travelzoo-owned Fly.com will launch a dedicated German site by the end of March 2010 but bigger developments are emerging with news that car hire and hotels are on the agenda.
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What are the most popular tourism profiles on Twitter?
Posted by Kevin May on February 4, 2010
A study into the popularity of travel-related Twitter accounts has revealed only two profiles beginning with the titles "Visit", "Travel", "Tourism" or "Discover" have more than 10,000 followers.
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Travelport secures China technology deal through TravelSky
Posted by Kevin May on February 4, 2010
Significant win for Travelport as it looks to shore up some of its major accounts ahead of an IPO in the coming weeks - extending an exclusive deal to power Chinese airline ticketing.
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Sandy Balls and the unintentionally viral video
Posted by Kevin May on February 4, 2010
PR agencies that promise "viral" media campaigns watch closely - sometimes the viral effect can backfire spectacularly.
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Tripology loses investor, halts lead system, axes staff
Posted by Kevin May on February 3, 2010
Consumer-to-travel agent lead generator Tripology is frantically looking for new funding after a new financial partner pulled out after just a few weeks with the team.
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