Contents Airbus Catapult • American Airlines’ Bad News • Marriott in Cusco • Travel Briefs • Travel InfoGraphics • What Kids Learn from Travel Airbus Envisions the Future: Airliners to be Launched by Fuel Saving Catapults Airbus has for some time now been rolling out a far-out, science fiction-like vision of aviation’s future. A recent…
Contents Wiki Travel Lawsuits • Restaurant Yield Management • Beautiful Caves • Travel Briefs Wikimedia Travel versus Wikitravel The Wikimedia Foundation (parent of Wikipedia) confirms it will create a wiki travel guide. Much initial content will be forked from existing content at Wikitravel.org. Wikitravel is now owned by for-profit company Internet Brands, which has sued…
Contents $1.95B in Hotel Fees • Class Action Hotel Pricing Lawsuit • Authenticity of Travel Reviews • Hotel Lock Fixes • Low/No FF Miles • Hertz to buy Dollar Thrifty • Happy Birthday Rollaboard • Travel News in Brief • Travel Aspirations: Waterfalls and Balloon Rides $1.95B: Hotels, Like Airlines, are Increasing Revenue Through Ancillary…
Contents Hotel Image A/B HiPPO Fail • Effects of When Guests Pay • Travel Search Semantic Revolution • More Google-Frommer’s Analyses • Ancillary Air Fees Hurt Passengers • Kudos for WestJet Compassion • Lake Tahoe Hotel Images: A/B Testing Exposes Another HiPPO Fail Great write-up in Tnooz about optimizing Hotel image clickthrough. My A/B testing…
Contents Demise of OTAs? • TrustYou + TripAdvisor • Revinate Series A • Hipmunk v. Concur • Tablets for Shopping • Amadeus opens APIs • AA Lie-flat seats 1st in US • Airline Upgrade Auctions • Target Dog flies 1st Class • Airbnb Vigilantes • Freighter Cruises • Steampunk Cruise • World’s Coolest Bazaars Demise…
Contents Travel App Usage Ranking • MetaDeals • Touring the US • Baggage Information Transparency • Unlimited Vacation Perks • Silicon Valley Frequent Traveler Secrets • Living and Working in Heathrow • Great Landmarks Hotels • The Burj Al Arab Top Travel App Usage Ranking Tnooz has an interesting infographic ranking the usage of top…
Contents The Hidden Cost of Complex Online Pricing • Fly to Space in 2013 • Who’s Who in AeroSpace • Brazil to Get US Visa Waiver • Russian Online Travel Surges • GateGuru on WP7 • Super-7 Travel Aspirations The Hidden Cost of Complex Online Travel Pricing Travel companies have been creating increasingly complex pricing…
Contents Hipmunk • THack • Roomkey • Virtual Valet • Social Hospitality Infographic • Airbus Made in USA • Frommer’s Deals • Dangerous Travel Aspirations Hipmunk in the News Forbes: Hipmunk the Best Basing his opinion on ease of use and personal relevance of results, a Forbes writer claims “Hipmunk is the best travel site…
Contents Users Google Hotels More Than Flights • Orbitz Integrated App • Kayak Same Day Mobile Booking • Priceline Tweaks Blind Booking • Momondo Flight Search Redesign • The Great Orbitz Mac Brouhaha • Hotels Fumble Pricing Transparency • Redesigning the Airline Food Cart • Travel Aspirations: Top Budget Destinations PhoCusWright: Travelers Use Search More for…
Tech knows what you want before you do•Expedia Ranks High•Egencia Next Gen•OTA Myths•China Travel Roundup•iOS Passbook•Airlines Clueless•Airlines v. GDSs•Rental Car Damages• Cruise the San Juans• Great Travel Photos and the “Right Light” Better than Real Time: Tech that Knows What You Want Before You Do HotelTonight wants to book your room before you know you want…
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