24/04/2008

News Update - April 24, 2008

Source: m-travel.com...

Creating a distribution technology roadmap for independent hotels...
For any accommodation provider, large or small, it is now practically impossible to ignore the internet as a distribution and marketing channel. Competition is rife and hotels with the best marketing and distribution reach dominate. However, whilst the large chains...

Free information packed seminars covering all aspects of travel pricing, online marketing, and distribution technology 20-21 May...
Last year over 1000 travel marketing, pricing and technology executives benefitted from the free solutions seminars held at our annual Travel Distribution Summit. Demand was very high and many seminars were oversubscribed. At this year’s event, taking place on 20-21...

Kuoni Group chooses Peter Rothwell as its CEO...
Peter Rothwell has been appointed as CEO, Kuoni starting 1 January 2009. Until the end of 2007, he served as the Deputy Chief Executive of TUI Travel Ltd. and as a Member of the Board of Directors at TUI AG.

Developing a way for forum replies to be converted into tips with just a click...
Social Media Strategies Travel 2008 Special Every month more than 5.5 million unique users utilise VirtualTourist to figure out where they want to take their next vacation, and what they want to do once they get there.

Only 21% of Britons book their breaks using a travel agent: survey...
Highlighting the current trend of use of the Internet for booking, a new survey has shared that 58% of people prefer to book online, while just 21% go through a retailer.

Dohop.com flight search engine's Chinese version unveiled...
Dohop Ltd. has launched the Chinese version of its flight search engine. The initiative follows the recent launch of the Japanese version of travel technology company's Dohop.com Flight Planner.

Google makes steady progress in China ...
China search engine market size (excluding the revenue from the channel) has reached CNY 922 million in the first quarter of 2008, down 3% over the previous quarter.

Significance of most up to date hotel description on the Internet...
By Hans Jürgen Rüffert, Revway A homepage works like the information board of a hotel. Therefore, it is especially important to always keep the contents of the Internet pages the most up to date.

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