JDA software wins supplier of the year award
Carlson Hotels is a chain successful worldwide, and it’s recent hosting of the Global Awards ceremony in its Las Vagas property. JDA software has worked closely with Carlson since 2007, when the software suppliers enhanced Carlson’s business planning with its ...
by Dave Bess March 14th, 2008
Hotel pricing gets easier with TravelCLICK
Hoteliers monitoring price fluctuations on affiliate sites, their own homepages and other hotel’s websites can now react quickly with re-pricing thanks to a new piece of software from TravelCLICK and IDeaS. With the new system, new pricing information can go out ...
by Dave Bess March 14th, 2008
Europe as seen by Tripadvisor
The largest travel community online today is Tripadvisor.com. The website wields significant sway in its reviews and findings. This week the site released its results of its annual European travel survey. The survey wrapped after taking information from over 1,400 ...
by Dave Bess March 12th, 2008
Hotels.com releases global price info
The Hotel Price Index is a list compiled every year by Hotels.com, and is considered to be the most accurate and comprehensive indicator of global hotel price shifts in the industry. The latest report shows tat globally, prices for hotel rooms have fallen 0.4 percent, while hotels in Asia and
by Dave Bess March 12th, 2008
Amadeus reports on future hotel trends
Amadeus recently commissioned a report from Inspire Resources to identify the key factors that would influence the hotel industry in the future with a focus on how technology will play a part. Interviews were undertaken with academics, industry consultants and ...
by Dave Bess March 12th, 2008
Cheapflights digs in for the next step
Cheapflights has experienced a good deal of success in the past few years, and to keep the momentum going and expand into larger international territory, the company has done some shuffling and rearranging of its board. CEO David Soskin will step down and assume the duties of vice-chairman, still remaining active
by Dave Bess March 12th, 2008
Expedia goes Indian
Expedia.co.in will be the seventeenth regionally designated website from travel booking experts Expedia Inc. The move into the Indian market is further assurance of Expedia’s full-on charge into the Asia-pacific market, as Expedia, Inc chief executive officer Dara Khosrowshahi explains, "The ...
by Dave Bess March 7th, 2008
Orbitz profits on the rise
Orbitz Worldwide, Inc, one of the world’s leading companies for travel bookings has reported a 14 percent profit increase for its performance in 2007, bringing in $859 million. CEO and president of Orbitz Worldwide Steve Barnhart commented on the company’s recent ...
by Dave Bess March 7th, 2008
600 world cities to have mobile guides
In a three company collaboration between dotMobi, the company responsible for the .mobi mobile domain names, web designers Fortune Cookie and the World Group. The three companies have joined forces and used their specific strencths to create the company WorldMobi ...
by Dave Bess March 6th, 2008
A glossier quicktrip.com released
Quicktrip.com is a site where visitors can check on passenger schedules and connecting flights in over 3,500 airports around the world. Airlines whose flight information will appear on the site account for 99% of the world’s air traffic, making quicktrip.com ...
by Dave Bess March 6th, 2008
Priceline.com goes mobile
Priceline.com has announced it will be launching a host of mobile services to compliment its online presence as a preeminent hotel booking group. Now travellers with mobile phones or other web-enabled mobile devices will have access to priceline’s services from ...
by Dave Bess March 4th, 2008
G-wiz Xtra to beef up hotel sites
G-wiz is a successful booking engine for hotels to use on their websites, but until now has not allowed hotels to offer multi-property listings on their sites. The company has fixed the problem, and with the launch of G-wiz Xtra, hotel chains will be able to showcase their room availability
by Dave Bess March 4th, 2008