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The SCAN – Marriott gets million fans, Google fined for Streetview and more news
April 24, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Sendmybag wants to be the must-have luggage concierge for travelers
April 4, 2013 By 6 Comments
Losing items of baggage when traveling, especially during the airport-airline-airport part of a trip, is one of the most dispiriting and frustrating problems a traveler can face.
The Scan: VirtualTourist seeks 8th Wonder, Knok raises, Cleartrip’s app and more travel technology news
March 28, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Virtual Tourist, Apple-WifiSlam, Cleartrip, United Airlines, Lufthansa, Monarch Airlines, Knok, Comcast Business Hospitality, Hotwire, Dolphin Dynamics, TigerBay, Egencia, Concur and InterContinental Hotels Group all make our round up of travel tech news
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Priceline signs up for United’s Farelogix-supported solution
March 21, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Priceline has announced a fresh long-term deal with United Airlines, with “plans to implement the United Technology Application, powered and supported by Farelogix, as the primary connectivity between the two parties.”
Air India pilot in hot water over YouTube rant [VIDEO]
February 21, 2013 By 3 Comments
In the past few days, a YouTube video made by a person claiming to be an Air India pilot has been surfacing over social media channels.
The global all-stars of upselling and cross-selling have tricks to teach the travel industry
November 19, 2012 By Leave a Comment
More impact, higher margins — for top retailers, there’s method to their ancillary sales, says Amadeus and IdeaWorksCompany.
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The most popular air travel apps by actual iPhone usage
November 16, 2012 By 3 Comments
United Airline’s app and TripIt’s app (across all versions) were the most used flying apps between August and October by American iPhone users, according to Onavo.
Airlines to net $36 billion in fees and upsells this year worldwide
October 29, 2012 By 2 Comments
That’s annual growth of 11% in ancillary revenue for the airlines.
The Scan: United preps for another IT change, BestWestern.com relaunches, and more news
September 28, 2012 By Leave a Comment
United Airlines, Best Western, Vibe Travel, Travelbug, Teletext Holidays, and Harris make our roundup of the stories that are driving the travel tech conversation on 28 September.
United suffers major network outage, passengers hit as systems collapse
August 28, 2012 By 1 Comment
United Airlines lost all ability to transact online, in person and over the phone following a reservation systems failure earlier today.
