Travel Dividends

Sep 3@8:19am

We’re heading into the perfect storm of social media, location technology and mobile. These technologies are combining to provide another wave of change in how consumers choose their destination, buy their travel and decide where to spend their hard earned cash during their trip.

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Sep 3@6:31am

In-Depth: Interview with Stephany van Willigenburg, business development manager, Mobile EMEA, Google

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Sep 3@6:13am

Leisure travel average daily rate (ADR) has shown positive growth for the first time globally since the recession hit, increasing just over +1%, according to July’s The Pegasus View from Pegasus Solutions.

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Sep 3@5:55am

Amadeus has introduced a new booking solution for online players, using Amadeus Cars Plus XML technology.

Sep 2@3:07am

By Ritesh Gupta

Where is the travel sector headed? Which areas of distribution are going to see maximum growth? How is the whole travel planning, booking and in-destination process changing for the travellers? What is the role of technology and gadgets for additional sales channels and driving customer loyalty in the time to come?

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Sep 2@2:50am

The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) in the UK is extending its powers to cover all online marketing and advertising from March 1st 2011.

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Sep 2@2:44am

Eurostar, the high speed rail service between the UK and mainland Europe, has worked on an advertising campaign in an effort to revive the business traveller market.

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Sep 1@6:01am

How can travel companies get the most out of the time and resources they allocate to online marketing and social media? What innovative strategies and tactics can be deployed to drive real return on social media and avoid wasting time? When and how should travel companies invest in mobile?

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Sep 1@5:13am

The iPhone has opened the door to a world of opportunity for consumers’ personal lives. More and more developers are jumping on board daily to create useful apps for travellers.

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Sep 1@4:58am

Ryanair will slash mobile phone roaming charges by up to 70 percent as it launched a new partnership with Maxroam, the low cost roaming SIM card provider.

Sep 1@4:54am

Accorhotels.com and hotel meta-search engine HotelsCombined.com have signed a new distribution partnership.

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Aug 31@6:11am

The rise of smartphones with browsers which can both display desktop sites and make it easy for users to interact with them has been a significant development. The travel industry expects mobile usage to continue to increase as the browsers get better.

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Aug 31@5:51am

Revenue “leaked” from the hotel industry to the OTAs in the form of abnormally high merchant commissions of 25 percent and higher will reach $5.4 billion in 2010, estimates Hospitality eBusiness Strategies.

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Aug 31@5:20am

Recently, the Yahoo! and Microsoft Search Alliance rolled out its first big change to the public – Yahoo! organic search results are now driven by Bing’s algorithms in the US and Canada.

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Aug 31@5:00am

Amadeus has witnessed growth across both distribution and IT business areas this year.

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