Amadeus outage hit other GDSs as airline systems crashed

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The extent of a significant technology failure at Amadeus yesterday is beginning to unravel, as other systems across the industry are now known to have been affected.

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Amadeus technology outage hits major airline systems and agency bookings

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Amadeus says a major system failure which is understood to have affected thousands of passengers on Monday has been rectified.

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Did Foursquare just kill a bunch of trip planning startups?

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Foursquare this week launched its Explore feature on the web, an effort termed as: “Personalized search for the real world.”

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Travel and cutting edge technology of the future [VIDEO]

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Okay, so there’s mobile travel as we know it today and then there’s mobile travel taken to the extreme, probably some time in the reasonably near future.

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FourSquare and Zozi partner to bring tours and activities to check-in fans

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With ten million users now signed up, FourSquare’s use as a distribution platform for travel products seems to be gaining momentum, with tour and activity platform Zozi signing a deal.

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Back to basics with ten social media marketing tips for hotels

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It is impossible to attend a conference these days without an in-depth session (or two) on best practices for social media marketing in travel.

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Hotel guests to get late check-outs for social media check-ins

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Interesting use of social media in hotels with the Radisson Edwardian chain offering guests the chance to keep their rooms for longer if they check-in on location services.

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Travelport: Open APIs – we are working on it

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I read the recent Tnooz guest article by Flextrip co-founder Alex Kremer about travel’s gatekeepers and APIs with great interest.

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Travel industry gatekeepers should open their APIs to breed innovation

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Jeff Lawson, CEO of app software firm Twilio, gave a great talk at last week’s Gluecon conference about enabling so-called “DOers” in large organizations.

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TLabs Showcase – Globified

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TLabs Showcase on travel startups featuring Sweden-based location service for tracking travel experiences, Globified.

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