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Wednesday 14, July 2010

Diller calls Google travel deal ‘disturbing’

Barry Diller, chairman of online travel company Expedia and InterActiveCorp, has reportedly described the USD 700 million Google-ITA deal as “a frontal assault on a core area of Internet life” and also stated that Google was “using its market power” to gain an unfair advantage.

Wednesday 14, July 2010

Thomas Cook acquries German tour operator for EUR 30m

Thomas Cook Group has agreed to acquire 100 percent of Öger Tours, a German tour operator specialising in package holidays to Turkey, from its founding shareholder Vural Öger.

Wednesday 14, July 2010

Liverpool business visitors help make the city greener

Conference organisers hosting events in Liverpool will be able to compensate for their carbon impact by donating to a range of green projects across the city.

Wednesday 14, July 2010

Ash cloud aftermath

The lingering memory for travellers caught up in the airport closures earlier this spring because of the eruption of the Icelandic volcano, Eyjafjallajokull, will be of days wasted at airports or meetings and holidays cancelled.

Wednesday 14, July 2010

Eurostar ski train to the French Alps

From 19 December 2010 to 16 April 2011 you can hop on the Eurostar ski train at St Pancras International or Ashford International and be whisked direct to the resorts of Moutiers, Aime-la-Plagne or Bourg-St-Maurice at 186mph.

Wednesday 14, July 2010

Malaria, mosquitoes and how to avoid them

As Cheryl Cole cancels lucrative commitments including The X Factor, to battle a bout of malaria believed to be contracted on a recent trip to Tanzania, Skyscanner offers up its anti-malaria advice.

Wednesday 14, July 2010

Virgin Trains offers First Class opportunities

As the summer holiday period approaches leisure travel is on the increase at the same time as there are slightly less business travellers and that means there is more room in first class.

Tuesday 13, July 2010

Greek government refutes German claims that it will sell islands

Greece reacts with disgust at the suggestion by leading German politicians that the suffering country sell off its islands, monuments and art to covers its massive debt.

Tuesday 13, July 2010

Costa Cruises unveils new iPhone app and mobile sites

Costa Cruises launches a new iPhone application and two news mobile sites to give travellers a sneak preview of its ships, before they embark on their trip of a lifetime.

Saturday 10, July 2010

Facebook acquires nextstop

Facebook has acquired nextstop, a travel recommendation start-up. nextstop.com will be shutting down on September 1, 2010. The company shared that its current members are being offered a number of tools for exporting their travel guides. It added that Facebook has bought most of its assets.

Friday 9, July 2010

Africa’s Night Of Tourism Triumph

The World Travel Awards, also referred to as the “Oscars of the travel industry” by the Wall Street Journal, cover the entire travel sector. Independent votes are cast by 183,000 travel professionals in over 160 countries across the globe.

Friday 9, July 2010

Zegrahm Expeditions announces their First-Ever Circumnavigation of Sicily Mediterranean Cruise

Zegrahm Expeditions, well-known for their circumnavigations of some of the world’s more obscure archipelagos, announces their first-ever expedition around the Mediterranean’s largest island, Sicily, departing April 4, 2011.

Friday 9, July 2010

World Travel Market introduces new Sports Pavilion

World Travel Market, the premier global event for the travel industry, is unveiling a new Sports Pavilion at WTM 2010 with some of the most iconic venues in the world exhibiting.

Friday 9, July 2010

Great Hotels Organisation’s top ten meeting and incentive tips and trends for hoteliers

Great Hotels Organisation, the London-based hotel sales and marketing alliance representing 3-5 star hotels under the brands Great Hotels of the World, Special Hotels of the World and Metro Hotels has announced its top ten meeting and incentive tips and trends for hoteliers.

Friday 9, July 2010

5 ways travel companies are using social media to add value

It’s easy to get swept up in the buzz of social media. Everyday there is another new and exciting social media story to hit the news. The question remains: how are travel companies really using social media to add value?

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