EFT news
AirTran Airways introduces seat back advertising
Published: 20 Nov 2009 (1 comments)
AirTran Airways plans to outfit all of its 138 Boeing jets with seat back advertising.
WestJet ties up with Travelocity to answer calls much faster
Published: 20 Nov 2009 (0 comments)
WestJet has implemented a change to its Sales Super Centre in order to answer calls much faster.
TripAdvisor to add direct hotel contact information
Published: 20 Nov 2009 (0 comments)
Hotels can now enhance their TripAdvisor listing by adding their URL, telephone number and e-mail address on TripAdvisor sites beginning January 4, 2010.
Orbitz offers hotel bookers “ultimate” price protection
Published: 19 Nov 2009 (0 comments)
Orbitz has enhanced its Low Price Guarantee offering. Under the new programme, customers who find their prepaid hotel room available for a lower price on any site, including Orbitz, can receive a refund for the difference and a $50 discount on a future hotel or vacation package booking.
FareCompare tweets more than 2,500 messages daily
Published: 19 Nov 2009 (1 comments)
More than 15,000 travellers are now taking advantage of FareCompare’s When-to-Fly real-time airfare alerts available via Twitter for immediate updates on airfare deals.
LowFares.com revamps its website
Published: 19 Nov 2009 (0 comments)
Travel comparison search site LowFares.com has launched a new, feature-rich website.
Travelzest merges tour and retail operations
Published: 19 Nov 2009 (0 comments)
Travelzest group distribution director Nishma Robb has stepped down as part of a major restructuring of the company’s UK operations.
“We do not believe that discounting attracts additional customers”
Published: 18 Nov 2009 (0 comments)
A hotel must be able to distribute its products to the widest possible audience in the most profitable manner.
Understanding the true capabilities of online distribution channels
Published: 18 Nov 2009 (0 comments)
Interview with Rob Rosenstein, president and COO, Agoda. It is said that pricing integrity is a combination of several different factors, with the most important being BAR parity.
Where is the growth in Europe’s online travel industry?
Published: 18 Nov 2009 (0 comments)
The European offline travel industry has not grown since 2002. In fact EyeforTravel’s latest research shows the UK offline travel market fell by 5.1% in 2002-2008 and is expected to see a further decrease of 6.2% in 2008-2012.







