15/01/2008

News Update - January 15, 2008

Source: m-travel.com...

Asia-Pacific’s 100% adoption of e-ticketing may be vital in a more volatile 2008....
The Jakarta Post reported this morning that the International Air Transportation Industry (IATA) indicated that the air travel industry needs to achieve 100% e-ticketing in order to simplify its business. Soaring fuel prices and the spectre of a global economic...

Travelzest posts record operating profits...
Travelzest, the online travel group offering specialist travel programmes, has finished the year (to 31 October 2007) with record performance.

MySpace.com works on plans to ensure the safety of minors on the Internet...
Social-networking site MySpace.com has come up with a plan to ensure the safety of minors on the Internet.

Preferred Hotel Group introduces Total Branded Connectivity...
Preferred Hotel Group (PHG) has completed significant enhancements to its distribution systems to achieve Total Branded Connectivity.

Howzat invests in travel website trivago...
Howzat media LLP, an Internet investment fund, has completed its fourth dotcom investment by investing in trivago, a German-based pan-European Internet media company which was founded in mid-2005.

Bezurk gets an investor in News Digital Media...
Travel search engine Bezurk.com has received investment from and sold a minority stake to News Digital Media, the digital media arm of Australia-based News Limited.

Travel.co.uk takes on meta-search market...
Comtec is set to use its long held URL, Travel.co.uk, to take on price comparison and meta-search sites.

How can web 2.0 travel sites capitalise on the trend of broadedemographic adoption?...
CRM in Travel USA 2008 Special Recently, one of the web 2.0 travel sites shared that the majority of the more than half a million people that come to the site each month to plan a trip are 40+ year...

easyJet encountering turbulence in the business travel space...
It seems that easyJet’s surprise move into the business travel space, becoming the first of the big European low cost carriers to do so, is not without its problems.

Google report on customer booking habits...
Google UK’s and comScore’s recent study of consumer behaviour in the online travel space revealed that consumers are using search engines in increasingly sophisticated ways to research and book travel in the UK. Online bookings are growing by over 22%...

"Mass global travel is clearly heading towards the LCC model": Air Asia X's Azran Osman-Rani ...
TDS Asia 2008 Special The launch of AirAsia X, a low-cost long-haul airline, last year yet again underlined the fact that the aviation industry continues to embrace new business models with open arms.

Marriott.co.uk launches affiliate marketing programme...
Marriott.co.uk has recently launched an online UK affiliate marketing programme that enables websites to earn commissions on qualified stays at hotels booked on Marriott.co.uk.

AirAsia X to sell 20% stake for $75m?...
Low-cost long-haul airline AirAsia X Sdn is reportedly planning to sell 20% stake to two investors for a total of $75 million. The development, reported by Bloomberg, has been attributed to "two people familiar with the deal".

Monarch exemplifies its commitment to `care' via new ad campaign...
Low-fare airline Monarch has launched a new style advertising campaign to highlight Monarch's unique commitment to care and the introduction of a new website address, www.monarch.co.uk.

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