News in online-travel:
Who will you meet at EyeforTravel’s Travel Distribution Summit Asia in Singapore?
Published: 12 Mar 2010 (0 comments)
As the green shoots of recovery begin to appear across the Asian travel industry, the need for fresh thinking and innovative strategies for growth and recovery has never been greater.
Thomas Cook to acquire Think W3
Published: 11 Mar 2010 (0 comments)
Thomas Cook Group has agreed to acquire 100 percent of Think W3 Limited, the owner of Essential Travel. Financial details weren’t shared.
TravelTainment acquires German online marketing firm
Published: 11 Mar 2010 (0 comments)
TravelTainment has decided to acquire Bonn, Germany-based online marketing company Pixell.
6 key ways to sell more travel in 2010
Published: 10 Mar 2010 (0 comments)
By Tim Gunstone, Managing Director, EyeforTravel. Somehow, despite nervous CFOs and minimal investment, brave marketing and distribution professionals have continued to innovate in the online and mobile channels with phenomenal success.
Lowcostholidays.com seeks applicants for the ‘job' of brand ambassador
Published: 10 Mar 2010 (0 comments)
Lowcostholidays.com is on look-out for a new, non-celebrity brand ambassador.
Building a meaningful community of Twitter followers
Published: 09 Mar 2010 (0 comments)
IN-DEPTH: Yapta’s CEO Tom Romary on the usage of Twitter for online communication. Online travel shopping service Yapta.com has made judicial use of social media applications to engage its customers.
TripIt raises $7 million
Published: 08 Mar 2010 (0 comments)
Trip management company TripIt has closed a third round of funding, receiving $7 million from a group of investors led by Azure Capital Partners and O'Reilly AlphaTech Ventures.
priceline comes up with `Big Deal Days’
Published: 08 Mar 2010 (0 comments)
priceline.com says it has become the first major online travel agency to offer a $25 credit card refund to hotel customers who can find a lower price than what they paid on priceline.com.
Online channel is the only growth channel in hospitality
Published: 08 Mar 2010 (0 comments)
By Max Starkov. The latest eTRAK Full Year 2009 report on hotel bookings by channel yet again confirms that today, the online channel is the only growth channel in hospitality. In the difficult economic environment, when travel supply outweighed travel demand by far, Internet bookings for the top 30 hotel brands increased by a remarkable 6.6% in 2009 vs. 2008 (eTRAK).
Essence to handle Expedia’s digital creative and media accounts
Published: 05 Mar 2010 (0 comments)
Expedia has reportedly chosen Essence to handle its pan-European digital creative and media planning and buying account, as part of a consolidation of its agency arrangements across 12 European markets.
