21/07/2009

News Update - July 21, 2009

Source: m-travel.com...

hotelicopter integrates its hotel reviews platform with Facebook...
Hotel search engine hotelicopter says it has become the first major travel site to integrate its hotel reviews platform with Facebook. The company says it has launched “a revolutionary new hotel search experience” that “publishes a user’s hotel ratings to...

Star Alliance’ website to take bookings for complex routings...
Star Alliance is now selling its alliance product Round the World fares through www.staralliance.com. The new “Star Alliance Book and Fly” allows customers to plan, book and buy round the world tickets via the Internet. Prior to this initiative, only...

Advertising on social networking sites can click with older demographics...
comScore’s study has found that 29.4 million people accessed at least one social networking site in the U.K. in May, averaging 4.6 hours per visitor during the month, with Facebook.com ranking as the most visited social networking site. Social networking...

Filling rooms at any cost is not the answer to our problems. So what is?...
By RevPar Guru Starwood Hotels & Resorts' decision to slash rates by up to 50% at nearly 600 of its global properties has put the many challenges facing hoteliers into a stark realisation. We find it very troubling that such...

SeatExpert ties up with TripIt...
Frequent Flyer Services (FFS) has signed a deal with online travel itinerary and trip planning service TripIt. As part of the agreement, TripIt members will have access to detailed airline seat maps provided by SeatExpert, which is owned by (FFS)....

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