20/04/2011

News Update - April 20, 2011

Source: m-travel.com...

Mobile Travel Trends to Expect in 2011...
Article: Brett Henry, Vice President Marketing, Vice President India, Abacus International on taking the next leap in mobile technology Mobile-enabled services are rapidly changing the way travellers purchase travel. Booking transactions in Asia finished at a record high in 2010,...

Travel metasearch sites have seen a 40% fall in organic search traffic...
Recent research from EyeforTravel shows that travel meta search companies have experienced a considerable drop in traffic. Of all the meta search companies polled, 40% have reported that organic search is becoming a less effective source of traffic. Is this...

What’s going to decide the fate of online travel industry?...
Trefis, a financial community that covers more than 140 major stocks across in the US, has listed factors that according to it are going to determine the fate of online travel industry: Macroeconomic Environment Impacts Travel Demand & Travel Advertising...

Yatra to raise $45m...
Online travel company Yatra is reportedly raising $45 million in a fresh round of investment led by US-based asset management firm Valiant Capital along with existing shareholders such as Norwest Venture Partners and Intel Capital. According to a report filed...

US airlines required to “prominently disclose all fees and taxes” ...
The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) has issued a second set of rules “to address a litany of passenger gripes, including the bane of modern air travelers' existence: hidden fees for bags, meals, pillows and reservation changes”, reports cnn.com. The...

Air ticket sales by US travel agents up by 11 percent in Q1...
The consolidated dollar value of airline tickets sold by U.S.-based travel agencies increased 10.68 percent year-over-year in the first quarter of 2011 compared to 2010, a 32 percent increase over the same period in 2009, according to ARC, the financial...

New mobile app to display published flight schedules for every airline and airport in the world...
OAG, a UBM Aviation brand, has announced the release of OAG FlightTimes on iPhone, BlackBerry and Android. This offering has the capability to display published flight schedules for every airline and airport in the world, according to the company. FlightTimes...

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