No frills carriers fly ahead, Thomas Cook overtakes Expedia – Top UK travel websites, April 2013

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The gap between EasyJet and Ryanair has narrowed at the top of leading airline websites in the UK, but the pair have also stretched their respective leads over British Airways.

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GuestLogix, the on-board merchandising processor, hints at big moves this month

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Expect the largest onboard payments processor to announce either an acquisition, its purchase by a larger player, or a plan to raise capital to invest in supporting payment processing for in-flight entertainment systems.

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Is online marketing getting more sophisticated or just more annoying (and a bit creepy)?

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News that Ryanair has signed a deal with data marketing specialist Adara is interesting in that it gives the airline access to additional revenue from targeted advertising as well as hopefully the sale of ancillaries

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Thomson loses ground, Ryanair creeps up on EasyJet – Top UK travel websites, March 2013

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Some early moves in the list of leading travel sites in the UK as the gloomy winter makes way for spring and post-Christmas sales rush subsides.

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Ryanair flies ahead of British Airways – Top UK travel websites, February 2013

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British Airways has lost out to Ryanair in the list of leading travel websites in the UK, but the Ireland-based low cost carrier is still languishing behind rival EasyJet.

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It’s a Captcha, but not as we know it

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Ryanair uses them, Ticketmaster uses them and even Expedia has been known to use them but Captchas are evolving from the squiggly often illegible words familiar to most

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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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Ryanair abandons Captcha online security for simpler, more friendly system

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It seems Captcha security measures are annoying consumers enough to make a couple of companies to ditch the system for something for user-friendly

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British Airways and Thomson rise to the top – Top UK travel websites, December 2012

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New leaders in the airline and agency categories at the end of 2012 as British Airways and Thomson leapfrog their rivals to become the most popular travel websites in the UK.

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The Scan: Kayak booms, United’s systems fail again, Ryanair wins in court, and more news

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Ryanair, FlightStats, Kayak, Superfly, Vayama, Onefinestay, Cheap Tickets, Los Angeles Tourism, Jetpac, Facebook, Small Luxury Hotels of the World, all get mentioned in our roundup of the short news items driving opinion on 15 November.

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