Booking.com crawls towards TripAdvisor – Top US travel websites, April 2013

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TripAdvisor might have a strong position in the list of leading travel sites in the US but Booking.com is slowly catching up.

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Carnaval time for Booking.com, back on top – Top Brazil travel websites, April 2013

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Priceline-owned Booking.com has found itself leading the pack once again in the list of the most popular travel websites in Brazil during April.

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What NDC-style flight booking might look like for agents [SCREENSHOTS]

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Screenshots of Farelogix’s desktop product shows how agents mights sell ancillaries distributed directly by the airlines via the New Distribution Capability (NDC).

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Mobile payments get serious on Google as Wallet evolves to handle travel [UPDATE]

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With mobile e-commerce predicted to reach over $278 billion by 2015, the mobile payments sector is heating up – and Google is at the head of the pack, announcing the next iteration of Google Wallet at the I/O Conference later today.

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Priceline’s acquisition of Kayak is okayed by UK regulators

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The $1.8 billion merger has received the green light from the UK’s Office of Fair Trading.

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Kayak finally launches in Canada

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Kayak has spent plenty of time and effort over the years launching local sites around the world but, perhaps surprisingly, it has never had one next door in Canada.

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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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Expedia and Priceline soar away – Top US travel websites, March 2013

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Travelocity, Kayak and Orbitz et al are watching their rivals and top performing web brands, Expedia and Priceline, stretch their lead in the list of leading travel websites in the US.

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Penny and Leonard having babies – AKA a smart and beautiful strategy for hotels

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Cast your minds back to the pilot episode of the hugely successful US sitcom The Big Bang Theory, featuring geeky experimental physicist Leonard Hofstadter.

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Priceline’s mobile trends show shift in consumer preferences

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Priceline’s latest analysis of booking pattern trends shows a significant shift in consumer preferences, especially among the younger demographic.

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