07/07/2009

News Update - July 7, 2009

Source: m-travel.com...

Data centre fire knocked out Bing Travel...
Microsoft Bing’s travel site was knocked out at the beginning of the holiday weekend by an electrical fire at a Seattle-area data centre. The travel section of Microsoft’s new search engine was reportedly down for around 36 hours. No other...

Air Berlin Group signs deal with Travelport GDS...
Air Berlin Group has signed a full content agreement for Galileo and Worldspan-connected travel agents worldwide. The new agreement guarantees all Travelport GDS-connected travel agents with access to the fares and inventory of the various airlines making up the Air...

Microsoft’s Bing targets mobile phones ...
Microsoft has rolled out Bing on Verizon Wireless’ network as part of an exclusive five-year deal with the carrier to provide search and advertising services. Microsoft’s GM for mobile media Charles Johnson told Bloomberg that in the first 20 days...

KDS releases new campaign...
KDS has come up with a campaign to encourage cost awareness amongst companies. The company, which chose duck as the mascot for its campaign, decided to go ahead with this initiative after the expenses scandal, where one MP was ridiculed...

Skyscanner adds hotel search functionality...
Travel search site Skyscanner has tied up with HotelsCombined to launch a new hotel search functionality. The hotel search function allows Skyscanner users to search over 200,000 hotels across 195 countries. Frank Skivington, commercial VP for Skyscanner, said HotelsCombined’s private...

North America Online Hotel Distribution Market Research 2009...
This report that will enable you to understand the North American online hotel market. Vital research, data and opinion for hotel marketing and ecommerce executives as well as analysts and consultant needing to get up to speed on this rapidly...

TUI, Hilton, Starwood, Wyndham & British Airways discuss social media & online marketing in travel strategies...
According to a recent study by EyeforTravel research, 55.9% of UK consumers polled said that a user review had influenced their decision to purchase a travel product or service. As travel communities, blogs and user reviews litter the Internet landscape...

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