02/11/2011

News Update - November 2, 2011

Source: m-travel.com...

Overall satisfaction with hotel brands in Europe declines: study...
Guests increasingly expect hotels to offer Internet access that is consistently available and working properly, particularly since Internet access is becoming more widely available in non-hotel settings, such as restaurants and cafes. The industry, according to a study, has reached...

eDreams’ new game to let “fans” showcase their popularity among FB friends...
Online travel agency eDreams has launched a travel game on its Facebook Page in which players invite their friends to help them with their virtual luggage and try to win the race by adding kilograms to rival suitcases. The Barcelona,...

Tui UK starts high street retail rebranding of Thomson and First Choice...
Tui UK will re-brand its retail branding proposition by introducing “Thomson….. featuring First Choice” stores. The company will be investing £8 million in changing the look of all its high street retail stores over the course of the next two...

hotels.com’s HPI reports a continued rebound in business travel...
Prices in major business and convention cities, including New York, Chicago, London, Paris and Beijing, has increased year-over-year, indicating that business travel is rebounding, according to hotels.com. In common with most Western economies, global hotel prices continued their path of...

priceline’s new web page features Best Days To Fly calendar...
At the beginning of October, priceline.com reported that the national average for Thanksgiving airfares was $400, or four percent higher than 2010. Over the past four weeks, the average fare for Thanksgiving has risen slightly to $407, which is six...

Average round-trip domestic airfare this Thanksgiving is $375: Travelocity...
Online travel agency Travelocity’s Thanksgiving data shows that the average round-trip domestic airfare this Thanksgiving is $375, inclusive of tax, up six percent from last year. As Thanksgiving and the start of the holiday travel season rush is just weeks...

Brought to you by tourist intel.com.

No comments: