14/05/2008

News Update - May 14, 2008

Source: m-travel.com...

"Consumers do not lack trust in the paid search listings": Virgin America's Porter Gale...
Online Marketing in Travel USA 2008 Special There have been concerns pertaining to spam in any search index, whether it is paid or unpaid.

Bookassist Launches New Reporting Engine...
In a free upgrade to its award winning Bookassist Booking Engine, Bookassist has launched a reporting engine to aid online strategic planning and yield management for hotels. The reporting facilities are part of a comprehensive update to the Bookassist administration...

SentimentMetrics releases hotel review monitoring dashboard...
SentimentMetrics, a social media monitoring service, has released a hotel review monitoring dashboard that pulls in all the reviews from the major online review sites and social networks.

Hilton Hotels signs direct connect agreement with ARES...
Hilton Hotels Corporation and Advanced Reservation Systems, Inc. (ARES) have recently strengthened their relationship by signing a direct connect agreement for integration of reservation technology.

VirtualTourist focuses on enhancing web experience of its online travel community...
Online travel community VirtualTourist.com has chosen to deploy the Gomez ExperienceFirst platform.

Mobile social networking shows promise ...
Around 812,000 users or 1.7% of all UK mobile subscribers visited a social networking website using their mobile during the first quarter of 2008, according to Nielsen Mobile research.

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