18/01/2011

News Update - January 18, 2011

Source: m-travel.com...

Gillian Gibson joins Travelport...
Travelport has confirmed the appointment of Gillian Gibson as chief marketing officer, with immediate effect. Prior to joining Travelport, Gibson spent almost eight years with Amadeus IT Group in a variety of senior global commercial roles, most recently as group...

Webjet set to globalise its operations...
Webjet has finalised a series of developments designed to propel a number of significant strategic initiatives. The online travel company has also strengthened its management resources in order to ensure that full focus is maintained on its core Australian business,...

Skyscanner acquires door-to-door travel search engine Zoombu...
Flight search site Skyscanner has acquired the UK-based online travel start-up Zoombu. Financial details weren’t shared. Zoombu started up in 2008 and was launched to users in February 2010 by founders Dr Alistair Hann and Rachel Armitage to provide multiple...

ezRez to power Miles & More site’s non-air travel bookings...
Miles & More International, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Deutsche Lufthansa, has signed a multi-year partnership with ezRez Software. Under the terms of the agreement, Miles & More frequent flyer programme will use the ezRez platform to power non-air travel bookings...

Android forges ahead in impression share: Millennial Media...
Mobile advertising specialist Millennial Media has shared that Google’s Android passed Apple’s iOS as the most prevalent platform on its mobile ad network in December. “2010 certainly proved to be a very strong year for Android with requests on our...

Travel Republic to broaden its reach, unveils TV campaign...
Online travel retailer Travel Republic has launched its first ever TV campaign. The 30-second advertisement highlights how holidaymakers can create their own holiday to match just what they want through the company’s website. Travel Republic managing director Kane Pirie said,...

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