News Update - November 3, 2011

Source: m-travel.com...

Android overtakes Apple in worldwide share of mobile app downloads...
IN-DEPTH: Global app downloads for year-end 2011 are expected to balloon to 29 billion, compared to only nine billion in 2010. Travel marketers acknowledge that the apps world can be managed as a unique channel. There is a need for...

“Don't just develop solutions for today's technology”...
IN-DEPTH: It has been observed that the mobile sites come out differently on different devices on various platforms, where it is learnt that it was not developed keeping in mind the features of multiple devices. Travel companies need to find...

Google’s new initiative to let brands improve their mobile web properties...
Google has come up with a new initiative to offer marketers specific tools and resources they need to make their websites more mobile-friendly. GoMo is a Google-led initiative dedicated to helping businesses “Go Mobile”. On the GoMo website, http://howtogomo.com, businesses...

New consumer booking platform to feature `market based pricing’...
A new worldwide trading platform has emerged. It will facilitate “transparent ‘market based pricing’ to consumers, while offering global reservation/marketing service at no cost to hotels struggling with economic instability”. Going live in January 2012 across internet, mobile and social...

Mobile optimised version of HotelTravel.com launched...
HotelTravel.com has launched its mobile website, m.HotelTravel.com. The site, according to the company, enhances the best features of the company’s website both in terms of design and functionality while offering on-the-move flexibility. HotelTravel.com’s full site has added massive amounts of...

TravelShark adds 80 new destination specific websites...
TravelShark has enhanced its presence in the Asia Pacific region and Europe with the acquisition of 80 new major-market, destination-specific websites. TravelShark’s newest domain acquisitions – all now live sites with new and enhanced TravelShark content – include BeijingHotels.com, SingaporeHotels.com...

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