Congratulations to the Spanish team for winning the 2010 World Cup final in South Africa – and also to their inbound tourism bosses for basking in the glory.
Google-ITA Software deal: Industry battle played out World Cup-style
July 2, 2010 By 2 Comments
There’s always a risk when we want to analyze what looks like game-changing deals like the one between Google and ITA.
TravelRepublic blames Fabio Capello and England team for website crash
June 29, 2010 By 4 Comments
Poor England boss Fabio Capello and his parade (charade?) of players – not only have they let down an entire nation of football-loving optimists but they are causing travel sites to crash.
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ITA Software has big goals for Needle as it manipulates World Cup history
June 25, 2010 By 3 Comments
Some ITA Software engineers have tossed aside airline matters and are focusing on which World Cup host country most recently lost a final (Sweden in 1958) and which nations have mounted two-goal comebacks.
Ebookers launches possibly the most difficult World Cup competition ever
June 15, 2010 By 4 Comments
Fun idea from European online travel agency Ebookers – although one game behind already – which could either be a social hit or as disappointing as an English goalkeeping fumble.
Google teams with South African Tourism in World Cup maps mashup
June 11, 2010 By 6 Comments
Soccer fans visiting South Africa for the 2010 FIFA World Cup can look to Google Maps to check out the country’s tourist attactions, if that is their goal.
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Johannesburg airport gets aircraft technology upgrade in time for World Cup
June 11, 2010 By 2 Comments
Technology at Johannesburg Airport in South Africa (OR Tambo) was upgraded last month to improve aircraft-to-ground crew communications.
Shock stats: Americans searching twice as much as Brits for World Cup flights
June 1, 2010 By 4 Comments
Move aside football, soccer (that’s, err, football to everyone else) and the FIFA World Cup in South Africa is proving more popular in the US than expected.
UEFA, Carlson, HRG adopt new FlightPortal online travel carbon scheme
May 26, 2010 By 1 Comment
FlightPortal, a new web management system for tracking the environmental impact of corporate travel, launches this week, backed by some heavyweights of the sector
Skyscanner taps into FIFA World Cup 2010 with widgets and content
April 12, 2010 By 1 Comment
The countdown to the FIFA World Cup is well and truly under way and the rush by travel companies to capture related traffic and business appears to be growing.
