25/03/2009

News Update - March 25, 2009

Source: m-travel.com...

FareChase will no longer be available...
Yahoo! Inc. has decided to discontinue the operations of its travel search engine FareChase that helped users find travel bargains. The company will close the service Wednesday, redirecting customers to its main travel site, spokeswoman Bahareh Ramin said. “Discontinuing FareChase...

“Consumers and hoteliers are woefully underserved by websites like TripAdvisor.com”: Steve Hafner...
Kayak.com has introduced TravelPost.com as a hotel information site where consumers can get “all the information needed to make an informed decision on their hotel booking”. The site presents hotel reviews, content and rates on more than 140,000 hotels from...

gapyear.com to work with Northern Territory Tourism...
gapyear.com has signed a partnership with Tourism NT, the Tourist Board for Australia’s Northern Territory. This partnership will result in release of two online guides and a web marketing campaign aimed at Gap Year and backpacker travel to Australia. The...

Focus on conserving cash and matching capacity to demand: IATA ...
International Air Transport Association (IATA) has announced a revised outlook for the global air transport industry with losses of US$4.7 billion in 2009. It is worse than IATA’s December forecast for a US$2.5 billion loss in 2009, reflecting the rapid...

Pegasus names Mike Kistner Chairman of the Board of Directors...
Pegasus Solutions has named president and CEO, Mike Kistner, chairman of the Board of Directors. Kistner, who was named CEO of Pegasus in June 2008, assumes his additional role on the heels of a rollout of Pegasus’ RezView NG reservation...

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