EyeforTravel News: Online Travel Feed

Ryanair launches Ryanairvillas.com

Lindi — Fri, 16 May 2008 07:54:27 +0100

The airline, in partnership with Web Reservations International, stated that Ryanairvillas.com will afford property owners the chance to create and publish their own advertisements, including photos, maps and property descriptions, while providing the necessary online tools to manage enquiries and bookings.

Ryanair's Sinead Finn said Ryanairvillas' simple design will enable owners to manage advertising content and booking enquiries at the click of a mouse.

WAYN offers members a way to save mobile phone costs while travelling

Lindi — Fri, 16 May 2008 07:48:04 +0100

WAYN.com partnered with United Mobile for the same.

"Travel communities like WAYN.com are the perfect match for the international SIM card. Our service allows customers to save mobile phone costs while travelling and with 'pay as you go', they have got maximum flexibility at all times," said Charles Fränkl, CEO, United Mobile.

TripAdvisor introduces travel applications on MySpace

Lindi — Thu, 15 May 2008 08:13:29 +0100

According to a release, the applications, Cities I've Visited, Local Picks and Traveler IQ Challenge developed by Travelpod have been downloaded by more than six million users, and each provide the MySpace audience with unique ways to share travel information with friends, to challenge each other and to learn.

The applications are empowered by MySpace's newly announced Developer Platform.

UpTake announces public beta launch

Lindi — Thu, 15 May 2008 07:54:14 +0100

Formerly known as Kango, the vacation search site has amassed the travel industry's largest database of hotels and attractions and analysed more than 20 million online opinions from other travelers. It brings content from thousands of trusted websites like Expedia, Fodors, goCityKids, Travelocity, Virtual Tourist, and Yahoo! Travel, offering more than 400,000 US hotels and attractions.

SentimentMetrics releases hotel review monitoring dashboard

Lindi — Wed, 14 May 2008 11:21:04 +0100

The sites include Tripadvisor, Travelocity, Hotels.com, Youtube and Flickr.

"With over half of all hotel bookings coming from the internet, and 75% of them being influenced by online reviews, clearly hotel's reputations can be severely damaged by just one negative review", said Leon Chaddock, CEO, SentimentMetrics.

TripIt supports travel confirmation emails from top cruise lines

Lindi — Tue, 13 May 2008 08:08:45 +0100

The free personal travel organiser can automatically process confirmation emails for cruises booked on Travelocity or directly with Royal Caribbean, Norwegian Cruise Line, Celebrity Cruises and other top cruise lines.

New online and call centre travel agency launched in the UK

Lindi — Tue, 13 May 2008 08:07:51 +0100

Monstertravel is a concept devised by David Hawke and Julie Gilmore.

The company, a trading name of The Freedom Travel Group Limited registered in England and Wales, sells both ATOL bonded package holidays and also provide users with the ability to build their own holiday, where contract is with a number of different component suppliers.

Focusing on the customer's perspective, both monstertravel.co.uk and the dedicated call centre have been designed to recognise individuality and create the best browsing and booking experience.

English-language version of Ctrip.com up and running

Lindi — Tue, 13 May 2008 08:02:38 +0100

With more than 19 million registered users, Ctrip processed more than 9 million hotel room nights and 10 million air tickets in 2007.

"However, more and more English-speaking leisure and business travelers are on the site making enhanced English-language services and amenities a necessity to facilitate China travel and booking," stated the company.

Travelzoo targets Spanish audience

Lindi — Tue, 13 May 2008 08:01:07 +0100

This is the first Spanish language edition of the travel newsletter, which already has a subscriber base of 13 million weekly subscribers in 10 markets worldwide, including the UK, Germany and France, according to the company.

Luis Marti, formerly Editor at eDreams will serve as Publisher of the Travelzoo Top 20(tm) in Spain.

Agents waking up to earning "good commissions" from budget accommodation

Lindi — Tue, 13 May 2008 07:58:59 +0100

The company shared that post the introduction of dedicated trade link in April www.hostelbookers.com/content/workwithus/, more agents and operators than ever before are using HostelBookers to book client accommodation including top groups specialist Top Deck Travel. It added that apart from general trade growth, "the ability of HostelBookers to find the right property, at the right price, within 24 hours of receiving a group booking request has fuelled the phenomenal growth."

Agents have dedicated access to HostelBookers' 10,000 worldwide hostels and budget accommodation.