The Scan: Why your website should have lots of blue, and more travel tech news

lonely planet blue

Zipcar, Tourico Holidays, JumpFlight, Yelp, Onefinestay, RSPB, Facebook and the colour blue all appear in our roundup of the stories making news and driving opinion on 24 October.

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American Airlines direct-connect has a pulse — Preferred Seats and possibly Expedia on the way

AA Boeing Sky

Just when you thought direct-connect distribution from American Airlines, which is focusing on Chapter 11 reorganization, is dead in the water, there are signs of life.

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PackLate and Tourico Holidays bring online vacation rental bookings to agencies and consumers

American Airlines Vacations

What’s all the fuss about online vacation rentals? PackLate, in partnership with wholesaler Tourico Holidays, has been delivering real-time bookings of vacation rentals at “door level” to travel agencies, tour operators and their consumer websites for a couple of months.

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