SilverRail’s strategy for European rail ticketing

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Cross-border ticketing has elusive for travel companies, but US-based SilverRail is establishing industry standards for online B2B rail distribution globally — just like GDSs did in the air ticketing years ago.

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The SCAN – Interhome web revamp, Priceline’s mobile travellers, Las Vegas stiff upper lip campaign and more tech news

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Travel tech updates from Interhome, Las Vegas, Priceline, Blackjet, Hotelbeds, ebookers, Stansted Airport and more

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The Scan: Visit Suffolk and HomeAway campaigning, Datalex and Onefinestay recruiting and other travel tech news

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Visit Suffolk, HomeAway, Datalex, Onefinestay, Ebookers, Farelogix, Dolphin Dynamics, Farelogix, Vayable, EZY-Go, RyanairHotels and Egypt also get a mention in our scan of briefs and other items making the news on February 15.

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Valentine’s Day brings out the forgetful or last-minute nature of travellers

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An interesting snippet in the midst of the St Valentine’s Day-related PR nonsense this week comes in the form of search and booking data from Ebookers.

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The Scan: Delta relaunches its website, and other travel tech news

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Delta Air Lines, ebookers, Aurasma, Jetwing Hotels, SiteMinder, and WordStream all appear in our roundup of the stories making news and driving opinion on 13 November.

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Ebookers updates Explorer app, draws in more social elements

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Ebookers has unveiled an update to its Explorer application initially launched last May

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What Else? Four Seasons, Ebookers, Fodors, Hotel Compete, PriceTravel, Nucleus

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Four Seasons targets weddings, Ebookers PriceTrackert, Fodors apps, Hotel Compete analysis, PriceTravel cruise, Nucleus NYC… What else is happening in travel tech around the world.

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Orbitz Worldwide returns flight-booking fees to CheapTickets to build hotel business

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Orbitz Worldwide went along with most of the online travel agency pack and eliminated the bulk of its flight-booking fees for its US brands in 2009, but quietly brought them back on CheapTickets.com in September 2011.

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What Else? Wyndham tools, Citi redemption, BookIt data, Ebookers promotions, Teletext changes

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Wyndham gives managers review tools, BookIt signs data center deal, Citi redeems for AA, Ebookers promotes for hotel division, Teletext unveils two board members… A round-up of other stories from across the industry.

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SilverRail captures $15M funding round, wants to make rail tickets as easy to book as air

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One of the biggest investment rounds so far in 2012 in travel revealed today with news that SilverRail Technologies has secured a $15 million in B Series funding.

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