09/06/2011

News Update - June 9, 2011

Source: m-travel.com...

“People are willing to spend minutes on a website but only seconds on a mobile app”...
IN-DEPTH: Interview with Andreas Hofmann, Director, Product Management Advanced Research & LBS, Research In Motion By Ritesh Gupta Travel companies need to develop an effective customer experience management strategy that fully embraces mobile devices. Customers continue to show an increasing...

Digital marketing specialist for independent hotels closes $3.5m round...
Seattle-based buuteeq, founded last year by former Microsoft executives Forest Key and Adam Brownstein, has closed a $3.5M Series A investment round. The round brings the company’s total capital raise to date to $5 million. buuteeq is a digital marketing...

Best Practices for Mobile Email...
If you were to rank the top buzzwords in the world of marketing today, “mobile” would have to be near the top of the list. But, according to email marketing specialist Return Path, it’s not even clear what people mean...

Accovia, ITA Software renew agreement...
Accovia, a specialist in IT solutions for the tourism industry, has confirmed the renewal of its license agreement with ITA Software. ITA’s airfare pricing and availability search results are merged with Accovia’s negotiated rates with package suppliers. The booking of...

Dissatisfaction with cost and fees continues to persist: airline study...
A new study has indicated that although customer satisfaction with airlines has improved for a second consecutive year, dissatisfaction with cost and fees continues to persist, impeding the return of traditional network carriers to pre-recessionary satisfaction levels. According to the...

Priority Pass comes up with new BlackBerry app, its fourth one in 2011...
After the introduction of its iPhone, iPad and the Android apps, airport lounge programme Priority Pass has launched its Priority Pass BlackBerry app, adding yet another way for its members to find details of over 600 airport lounges when on...

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