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HotelTravel.com voted “2013 Best Online Travel Agent” at 10th Annual Budgie$ & Travel Awards

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HotelTravel.com voted “2013 Best Online Travel Agent” at 10th Annual Budgie$ & Travel Awards

PHUKET, Thailand - HotelTravel.com, a worldwide leader in online hotel reservations and part of MakeMyTrip Limited (NASDAQ: MMYT), was recently named “2013 Best Online Travel Agent” at the ...

US travel market tops USD300 billion as fiscal cliff looms

Online Travel Growth to Slow to Single Digits by 2013

US travel market tops USD300 billion as fiscal cliff looms

SHERMAN, Connecticut, USA - The US travel market remains strong despite a murky economic outlook for 2013.

The ultimate customer experience: four key trends in the evolving online space

Customer experience at the heart of everything

The ultimate customer experience: four key trends in the evolving online space

Tim Gunstone, EyeforTravel’s Managing Director, has been talking to top travel players and key innovators across the world about the next steps for a highly-competitive, low-margin industry.

The heat is on: five online travel trends set to explode

The hyper-competitive landscape of travel

The heat is on: five online travel trends set to explode

The global economy is uncertain at best; travel is a hyper-competitive landscape with new services; products are launching daily; and the travel consumer is becoming ever more savvy, fickle, and ...

Best Day Travel reaches new heights with .travel domain

Over 60 .travel websites under one umbrella

Best Day Travel reaches new heights with .travel domain

Best Day Travel, a Mexican-based travel company, is taking .travel to new levels.

Favorite Online Travel Site Award goes to agoda.com

Online excellence in the Asia Pacific region

Favorite Online Travel Site Award goes to agoda.com

SINGAPORE – Agoda.com, Asia’s leading hotel booking site and part of Nasdaq-listed Priceline Group (Nasdaq: PCLN), has won the award for Favorite Online Travel Site at the TravelMole and ...

Extending travel possibilities around the world

Innovations in travel

Extending travel possibilities around the world

WHL is an online booking network with a difference.

Working on mobile offerings as per your customers’ behavior

Different expectations for mobile phones and tablets

Working on mobile offerings as per your customers’ behavior

By Ritesh Gupta

The usage of smartphones by leisure and business travelers is on the rise, and this growth makes the whole talk about mobile product strategy more fascinating.

Sticking to target group’s preferences while improving customer cross and up-sell

Cross-selling and up-selling to web savvy travelers

Sticking to target group’s preferences while improving customer cross and up-sell

By Ritesh Gupta

Travel companies are always advised to stick to their customers’ preferences and being disciplined in how they approach them when it comes to cross-selling and up-selling through the booking ...

Senior executives say unmanaged business travel expected for the future

World Travel Market Meridian Club Think Tank

Senior executives say unmanaged business travel expected for the future

Unmanaged business travel could become the norm over the next five years as businesses find it increasingly easy to get better deals online, according to a panel of experts at this week’s World ...

3rd Planet launches journey to Everest on December 10

Experience the world in interactive 3D

3rd Planet launches journey to Everest on December 10

SINGAPORE - On December 10, 2011, Singaporean company 3rd Planet will be unveiled as the first interactive 3D online travel portal.

HotelTravel.com adds Russian for peak season travel

Just in time for sun seekers to make winter holiday bookings

HotelTravel.com adds Russian for peak season travel

PHUKET, Thailand - HotelTravel.com, a global leader in online travel information and hotel reservations, has added Russian to its website in time for sun seekers to make winter holiday bookings ...

Technology drives new exhibitor growth at World Travel Market

Online travel world

Technology drives new exhibitor growth at World Travel Market

World Travel Market, the leading global event for the travel industry, is proud to announce a total of 183 new exhibitors at the event for WTM 2011.

Journey to Mount Everest from the comfort of home

Online Travel Phenomenon

Journey to Mount Everest from the comfort of home

Imagine embarking on the journey to Mount Everest in the comfort of your home.

What next for online travel?

The Fizzle and pop of travel trends

What next for online travel?

By Marco Saio, Director of Global Research & Projects, EyeforTravel

In a year characterized by game-changing start-ups, disruptive trends, mergers and acquisitions, and leaps in both travel technology and consumer behavior, keeping abreast of current affairs in ...

Colombian online travel sector grows 25 percent

Colombian Online Travel Sector

Colombian online travel sector grows 25 percent

BOGOTA, Colombia - The latest results from a study on the online travel market in Colombia have been released today.

Why the travel industry needs to wake up to mobile

Online Travel Apps

Why the travel industry needs to wake up to mobile

By Gina Baillie

Sixty-one percent of online travel companies surveyed in a recent global EyeforTravel poll do not have a mobile-friendly website. Seventy-one percent do not have a mobile app.

World Travel Market grows focus on online travel technology

WTM Travel Trade Show in London

World Travel Market grows focus on online travel technology

Technology and Online Travel at World Travel Market (WTM), the leading global event for the travel industry, is to grow 20% for WTM 2011, as part of an increased focus on the sector.

Understanding emerging trends and opportunities in the online travel sector

Interview With Harrah’s Entertainment VP Of Advertising

Understanding emerging trends and opportunities in the online travel sector

By Marco Saio

Travel brands are constantly looking for new ways to enable meaningful experiences with their target consumers.

Jordan ranked one of the most influential tourist boards

Visit Jordan Online

Jordan ranked one of the most influential tourist boards

The Jordan Tourism Board (JTB) was put through the paces as its website www.visitjordan.com was evaluated based on a list of ...

Africa and Middle East lead the way for online travel and tourism

Solid Growth Anticipated

Africa and Middle East lead the way for online travel and tourism

Euromonitor International released at the World Travel Market (WTM) Vision Conference–Dubai yesterday its report findings for online travel and tourism.

Tourism in a world of technology

The Importance Of The Human Element

Tourism in a world of technology

By Dr. Peter E. Tarlow

In these precarious economic times, the hospitality industry, composed of tourism and travel, is facing a quintessential question.

HotelTravel.com connects with Pegasus Solutions UltraDirect

Online Travel

HotelTravel.com connects with Pegasus Solutions UltraDirect

PHUKET, Thailand – HotelTravel.com, a leading global online travel information and hotel reservations website, is now officially connected to Pegasus Solutions via its UltraDirect platform, a ...

Online travel companies unite

Industry Leaders Fuse And Accelerate Expansion In Europe And Asia

Online travel companies unite

ZEIST, The Netherlands - BCD Holdings N.V. announced today the merger of CheapTickets, Vliegwinkel, Flugladen, BudgetAir, and Vayama.

Surveys offer stark message to travel sites

Travel Websites Survey

Surveys offer stark message to travel sites

By David Browne

A common theme emerging from surveys into the use of travel websites is that there is a lot of scope for improvement in the customer experience.

Online Travel

PhoCusWright says online travel finally down

By mercurynews.com

The recession is finally taking its toll on online travel, with a decline in revenues this year forecast by PhoCusWright, the travel industry research company.

Amid global economic challenges, PhoCusWright predicts European online travel bookings to jump by 19 percent in 2008

Europe Online Travel

Amid global economic challenges, PhoCusWright predicts European online travel bookings to jump by 19 percent in 2008

By eTN Staff Writer

As the European travel industry faces global economic pressure, online booking channels continue to increase market share.

Prime Minister Wen Jiabao praises innovation during Ctrip visit

Ctrip Boasts Over 20 Million Members

Prime Minister Wen Jiabao praises innovation during Ctrip visit

By eTN

SHANGHAI, China - China's Prime Minister Wen Jiabao visited the Shanghai headquarters of Ctrip.com International, Ltd. as part of his economic tour of Shanghai on July 6, 2008.

Air Pacific, Expedia team up

Expedia

Air Pacific, Expedia team up

By Christine Khan

SYDNEY, Australia (eTN) - Fiji’s Air Pacific has joined forces with the world’s largest online travel provider, Expedia, to launch Air Pacific Holidays.

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