15/09/2011

News Update - September 15, 2011

Source: m-travel.com...

Using sentiment data for internal decision making as a travel company...
IN-DEPTH: There is an opportunity for travel companies to gain an “information advantage” by closely monitoring the preferences of their guests, as well as the way they communicate these preferences on the Internet, according to Ben Jost, CEO of social...

TripAdvisor removes `reviews you can trust’ slogan...
TripAdvisor, which is currently being investigated by the Advertising Standards Agency (ASA) in the UK over allegations that fake reviews have been posted on the site, has reportedly removed the slogan `reviews you can trust’ from its hotel listings. The...

Spirit Airlines focuses on vacation packaging...
Spirit Airlines has recently worked on its one-stop shopping offering in order to offer complete vacation packaging at spirit.com. spirit.com emphasised that it is now offering customers attractive prices on complete vacation packages, including air, hotel and car rentals. The...

New holiday rental auction website launched...
pureholidayhomes.com has launched what it says is the world’s first dedicated holiday rental auction website, where holidaymakers can expect discounts of up to 60 percent on a selection of worldwide rental homes. The new offering, Bidango, according to the company,...

Hoteliers need solutions to overcome the shrinking booking window...
Consumer travel trends and technology have shrunk the booking window. How can hotels capitalise on this “shrinkage?” It’s been just over a week since millions of Americans have returned to the post-Labor Day daily grind. And in spite of traffic-clogged...

Users can now block sites on most Google domains...
After letting its users to block sites from their search results that they might not find useful, Google says now users can now block sites on most Google domains. “Sometimes you’ll click on a result, find that it’s not what...

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