09/05/2011

News Update - May 9, 2011

Source: m-travel.com...

New offering for deal-savvy travellers...
Social travel site gtrot.com has teamed up with Local Offer Network (LON) to send “hand-picked deals” from sites like Groupon. The new offering from gtrot.com, an offering that makes travel more social by helping users share travel plans and experiences...

Combing technology and the art of Revenue Management for novel results ...
IN-DEPTH: Revenue management in hotels is constantly evaluating several issues at this juncture - dynamically measuring the responsiveness of guests to price changes, RM tools and ancillary revenue streams, and automated systems By Ritesh Gupta Late last year, in one...

ebookers unveils first social media travel guide for the iPad...
Online travel agency ebookers.com has released its new destination based iPad app, ebookers Explorer. The app is being described as the world’s “first social media travel guide application”. ebookers Explorer app pulls together socially-generated content from across the Internet, tailored...

Co founder of Foursquare puts forward how he wants to work with the travel industry...
Naveen Selvadurai, Co-Founder of Foursquare along with travel heads of Google, Facebook and Linkedin will be meeting nearly 1000 senior decision makers in the online travel space tomorrow to see how they can work together. Will the meeting be cordial?...

How hidden airline fees can increase managed travel cost...
Around 60 percent of consumers, and virtually all managed travel programmes, purchase their air tickets through the travel agency and travel management company (TMC) sales channels where airlines participate but yet do not share their optional services fees. Corporate senior...

Concur targets leadership in “each major economy” over the next five years...
Concur Technologies intends to become the market-leading provider of travel and expense management services in each major economy over the next five years, according to its chairman and CEO, Steve Singh.. “To that end (its objective), we are investing in...

Which areas need “more innovation” in the managed travel space?...
Ancillary fee solutions, better mobile technologies, and data consolidation – these are the areas where travel buyers and suppliers see the need for more innovation in the managed travel space, according to a new survey. According to AirPlus International’s survey,...

Triptrotting establishes online community of like-minded travellers and locals...
Pasadena, California-based Triptrotting, an online service that matches travellers to like-minded local hosts, has launched www.triptrotting.com. Triptrotting uses a proprietary matching algorithm to match their travellers with locals to create unique travel experiences. The company has been funded by Idealab,...

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