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- Cuts in Business Travel on Both Sides of the Atlantic
- The Find: Fed up travelers avoided 41 million trips last year, costing the U.S. economy $26 billion, and things aren't much better across the pond. The Source: A recent survey from the Travel Industry Association TIA. The Takeaway: Polling firms...
- Blog posts 2008-06-24
- Priceline.com Inc. (PCLN)
- Now there's an Auntie Anne's Pretzels where that boring travel agency used to be. Thank you, Priceline.com Inc. PCLN
- Videos 2008-05-14
- TripAdvisor Buys Up Chinese Travel Site Kuxun; Will Invest $50 Million In China Expansion
- Hoping to tap into the booming Chinese tourism market, Expedia-owned travel review site TripAdvisor is making a big push in the country. TripAdvisor is buying up Kuxun.cn, China’s second largest travel-related site, after Ctrip.com. Terms of the deal were not disclosed, although investment research firm JLM Pacific Epoch cites...
- External links 2009-10-30
- 9 'Must-Buys' For 2009
- While spare cash may be hard to come by in the midst of this global recession, MoneyWatch's Jill Schlesinger explains why now is a great time to buy certain items.
- Videos 2009-04-18
- Liftopia Raises $1 Million From Former Expedia CEO, Others
- With ski season just ahead, discount ski ticketing site Liftopia has raised $1 million in a second round of funding led by former Expedia CEO Erik Blachford and Amicus Capital. Sand Hill Angels, North Bay Angels, along with individual angel investors also participated, co-founder Ron Schneidermann tells us. Liftopia...
- External links 2009-09-30
- Oyster Hotel Reviews Raises $4 Million; Will Be 'Largest Travel Media Outlet' In U.S. By Year End
- Oyster.com—a three-month-old hotel reviews site—has raised $4 million in a round of funding from Bain Capital. Oyster has a staff of 20 reporters who write lengthy reviews and also take photographs of hotels (See this review of Caesars Palace Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, for instance). The company...
- External links 2009-09-13
- Ticket Search Engine FanSnap Raises Another $5 Million
- Ticket search engine FanSnap has raised $5 million from Highland Capital Partners. Via its search engine—which exited beta testing in March—users type the name of a live event and then find a range of available tickets culled from various ticket providers which they can then buy. Results are centered...
- External links 2009-08-13
- The future of... Boarding passes
- Fed up with long check-in lines before you fly? Tired of trying to remember where you tucked away your boarding pass? BNET correspondent Sumi Das explains how paperless mobile boarding could help solve these problems and speed you through the airport.
- Videos 2009-06-22
- Fitness on the Road
- Gerhard Gschwandter talks to a fitness coach about how business travelers can stay fit on the road in just 5 minutes a day.
- Videos 2008-12-08
- Social Travel Site Everlater Gets Funding
- Everlater, a startup that lets users set up online travel scrapbooks, has raised a first round of funding led by Highway 12 Ventures; the company isn’t saying how much it raised. With Everlater, users designate the origin and destination of a trip and then can add text, photos, and...
- External links 2009-11-05
- More Pain at the Gas Pump
- Gas prices have climbed a dollar a gallon, on average, since December. What's behind the price increase? Dean Reynolds explains.
- Videos 2009-06-10
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- Mobile Still is Much More a Retention Tool Than a Transaction Channel: How Do You Devise a Plan for Mobile Travel Applications?
- Mobile Still is Much More a Retention Tool Than a Transaction Channel: How Do You Devise a Plan for Mobile Travel Applications? At a time when the focus is on operational efficiency and cost cutting, it can be an onerous task to take a call on how to approach and...
- News items 2009-08-14
- What's Your Favorite Travel Tip?
- What's Your Favorite Travel Tip?No-Tech Travel TipI drag with me all the most recent issues of business magazines: BusinessWeek, Fortune, Forbes, Selling Power, Sales and Marketing Management, etc. I read the articles of interest in each one first. Then I pick an article about a subject that I...
- Discussion threads 2008-06-20
- VFM Leonardo Chosen as Exclusive Provider of Hotel Visual Content for Concur's Corporate Travel Booking Solutions
- VFM Leonardo Chosen as Exclusive Provider of Hotel Visual Content for Concur's Corporate Travel Booking Solutions VFM Leonardo, leader in online visual content distribution for hotels, today announced an expanded relationship with Concur (NASDAQ: CNQR), to provide hotel still images and rich media to Concur for use within their -...
- News items 2009-08-25
- Scripps Books Travel Channel in $975 Million Deal [MediaMemo]
- It's official: Scripps Networks Interactive SNI has won the Travel Channel auction. In a deal that values the channel at $975 million, Scripps will will acquire a majority interest in the property while current owner Cox retains a 35 percent stake. News Corp. NWS, among others, had been bidding for...
- News items 2009-11-05
- Travel Roundup: TripAdvisor's Fake Reviews, Travel Channel for Sale, Travel Agents Leaving Business and More
- TripAdvisor warns of hotels writing fake reviews -- TripAdvisor, the travel Web site that lets customers rate hotels online, posted disclaimers to warn its readers that hotels could be writing fake reviews to improve their rankings or hurt their competition. Bloggers and some industry experts say...
- Blog posts 2009-07-16
- USA TODAY Launches Travel Application For iPhone
- USA TODAY Launches Travel Application For iPhone USA TODAY, the nation's top-selling newspaper and a leading choice for travelers, today announced the availability of USA TODAY AutoPilot, an iPhone Travel application on the Apple App Store.Since launching 27 years ago, USA TODAY has become a trusted and welcome brand to...
- News items 2009-10-08
- Mega-Agency Carlson Wagonlit Travel Latest to Distribute E-TRAVEL Software; Vast Distribution Channels Ease Travel for More Business Travelers
- CONCORD, Mass.--BUSINESS WIRE--June 3, 1998--Carlson Wagonlit Travel, a world leader in business travel management, has announced a strategic alliance with Concord, Mass.-based E-Travel, Inc. to integrate the company's E-TRAVELr travel management software into its ActOneSM suite of travel management products. Carlson Wagonlit, the nation's second largest travel agency with 3,000...
- Research articles 1998-06-03
- Kayak Opens Access to River of Travel Search Data
- Travel comparison site Kayak just opened access to its search data. Best known for aggregating travel deals on roundtrip flights, hotels and rental cars, Kayak is now offering the public a look under the hood. The company is laying bare its most popular destinations and searches via a new...
- News items 2009-10-09
- GlobalStar rising. (Business Travel).(Hickory Travel Systems Inc., GlobalStar travel management)(Brief Article)
- Hickory Travel Systems has launched GlobalStar travel management a worldwide partnership of independent corporate travel agencies. GlobalStar provides a full range of centralized ... Hickory Travel Systems has launched GlobalStar travel management a worldwide partnership of independent corporate travel agencies. GlobalStar provides a...
- Research articles 2002-07-15
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