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  • More than half of smartphone users engaging with travel content: study

    Apr 20, 2012

    A study in the US has indicated that 51 percent of smartphone owners accessed travel content on their devices during the three-month period ending February 2012, with nearly one in every five smartphone owners using their device to book air travel or hotel reservations.

  • Lonely Planet unveils country guide apps for iPhone

    Apr 13, 2012

    Lonely Planet has launched its first-ever series of country guide apps for iPhone and the iPod touch. These apps, according to the company, are the first mobile country guides from a guidebook publisher-- and they can be 100 percent used offline.

  • Paid search clicks from mobile devices on the rise

    Apr 9, 2012

    The rapid adoption of smart mobile devices is changing how consumers interact with search engines. According to a recent report by Marin Software, smartphones and tablets will account for 25 percent of Google’s US paid search clicks by December 2012, up from five percent in January 2011.

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  • Setting the right price: it is more than a guessing game

    May 9, 2012

    Working out what customers are willing to pay for a room is no easy task. So hotels are trying to find ways to quantify price elasticity to solve complex pricing issues. The aim is forecast how customers will respond to price changes and their willingness to pay. Only then can hotels work out optimal prices, writes Ritesh Gupta.

  • Looking or booking? Will mobile really drive new revenues?

    May 1, 2012

    Hotel companies have little choice but to continue to expand their reservation options as consumers continue to embrace new mobile devices.

  • A call for US DOT to evaluate airline industry consolidation

    Apr 23, 2012

    Business Travel Coalition (BTC) has called upon the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) to study the consequences of recent airline mergers in light of US Airways’ public announcement that it is aggressively pursuing a combination with American Airlines and in consideration of a rapidly changing commercial air services marketplace.

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