28/11/2011

News Update - November 28, 2011

Source: m-travel.com...

Developing mobile apps for time-poor and frequent travellers...
IN-DEPTH: The very essence of travel is being on the move, so enthusiastic and high-frequency travellers are the perfect and receptive audience to sophisticated, and visually inspiring mobile communication, says online private jet hire platform PrivateFly.com’s sales and marketing director...

Tablets and mobile devices changing the way people engage with video online...
A report has found that, on average, tablet viewers watched videos nearly 30 percent longer than when watching on their desktop — and were more than twice as likely to complete an entire video. According to the VideoMind Video Index...

Thomas Cook signs new £200m bank facility...
Thomas Cook Group has stated that it has reached agreement with its banking group to provide it with a new facility that significantly improves the “robustness” of the group’s financial position. The group’s banks, led by Barclays, HSBC, RBS and...

Australian Foreign Minister acknowledges the usefulness of Twitter...
The Australian government has underlined the utility of Twitter as it attempts to make the best use of technology to help Australian travellers wherever they are in the world. Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd, who launched the newest phase of the...

Spanish screenscraper websites stop displaying Ryanair’s prices...
Ryanair has stated that its new security feature has persuaded Edreams and Bravofly to stop displaying the airline’s prices and seats. Referring to the improved Internet security provided by the reCAPTCHA feature on the Ryanair.com website, the airline stated that...

Travelodge attempts to capitalise on UK’s supermarkets expansion plans...
Budget hotel chain Travelodge is aggressively looking at the UK’s supermarkets expansion plans. The group says it is currently developing or is in talks with virtually every supermarket brand in Britain. Travelodge has accelerated it new opening’s programme by capitalising...

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