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Google-ITA Software deal: Microsoft and others join FairSearch campaign
Big news for the group lobbying against the proposed Google acquisition of ITA Software with news that Microsoft has finally joined the campaign. FairSearch today announced a string of new...
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Why Expedia moves in Asia could be game-changing or desperate
The joint venture in the Asia-Pacific region announced this week between Expedia and Air Asia caught many people – me included – by surprise. It is probably the most significant move by Expedia since...
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Have Promoted Tweets worked for travel companies?
Plenty of analysis recently about companies using the still slightly mysterious world of Promoted Tweets and Trends on Twitter – but how have travel companies performed? The short (ish) answer is that...
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Unhappy Fourth of July – Why summer 2011 is a big moment in Chinese online...
The investment by Chinese search leader Baidu into local metasearch company Qunar can be proclaimed a data point on the timeline of China becoming the largest economy in the world. America dominates...
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Travelocity Global CEO works on turnaround and wants fair share
This is becoming a familiar online travel story: How do you turn around a company that’s apparently lost its mojo? The formula du jour? Bring in new talent and fix the technology. That’s is what is...
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Travelocity signs Hilton while Orbitz waits in the wings
Score one for Travelocity, lastminute and Zuji, but at what price? Travelocity Global, which includes the three brands and others, signed a new multi-year agreement with Hilton Worldwide, which means...
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Travelocity sells Asia-Pacific agency Zuji to Webjet for $25 million
The travel industry Christmas shopping spree continues this week with Webjet paying $25 million to Travelocity to acquire its Zuji online travel agency. The decision to offload Zuji marks almost six...
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All you need to know about travel technology in Asia in 2013
If you’re considering business opportunities in Asia in 2013, here are a few things to heed. 1. Low cost continues to drive change The low cost effect is already in full swing in South East Asia and...
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Travelport gets a new chairman, picks up Zuji for distribution after...
Changes at board level for Travelport as a new chairman is unveiled to replace Jeff Clarke and a number of new directors join following the recent completion of its refinancing. Douglas Steenland...
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RIP Gonla: Big ambitions to oust foreign OTAs, but Indonesian hotel booking...
Gonla, an online hotel booking service in Indonesia, has closed its website despite an apparent boom in the country’s travel sector. Business development manager Oggi Gunadi wrote on Twitter:...
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