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2012 Archives

Travel Booking

Should Travelzoo mull its strategic options?

The article author, ChaPaVe Partners, has an ulterior motive, but some of the points about Travelzoo's cozy relationships and being "too little too late" in looking to acquire a hotel-booking site may have some validity.

Skift | 12 years ago

Airlines

American Airlines’ layoffs at maintenance plant larger than foreseen

American Airlines' bankruptcy is a numbers' game to cost-cutters, but it is changing the lives of some of the airline's now-former workers forever.

Kyle Arnold, Tulsa World | 12 years ago

Airlines

Airlines waiving changes fees as Hurricane Sandy approaches

Sandy is likely to wreak havoc with travel plans and, because of its likely protracted duration, might impact some airlines' fourth-quarter financials.

Skift | 12 years ago

Airlines

Striking Air France workers clash with cops, but schedules back to normal

Air France's restructuring plan has triggered labor unrest, but the airline has managed to get through the strike on its first two days without major disruption.

Associated Press | 12 years ago

Tourism

Australia’s southern city Adelaide is proud to be called the “biggest country town”

Tucked away in the Gulf of St. Vincent, Adelaide’s laidback residents and green lush scenery make it nearly unrecognizable from Australia’s arid outback or its metropolitan cities to the east.

Gavin Bell, The Daily Telegraph | 12 years ago

Australia’s southern city Adelaide is proud to be called the “biggest country town”

Media and PR

Triposo syncs smartphone and tablet trip guides in 2.0 upgrade

Triposo realizes that one mobile device isn’t enough for most modern travelers and pushes users’ bookmarks from tablet to smartphone to be used with its localized travel data on the go.

Skift | 12 years ago

Triposo syncs smartphone and tablet trip guides in 2.0 upgrade

Airlines

Alitalia agrees to honor super cheap tickets bought during computer glitch

A glitch is a profit death sentence for airlines from El Al to United who are pressured to honor sales via social media; however, Alitalia scraped by without having to honor the tickets acquired for free.

The Daily Telegraph | 12 years ago

Alitalia agrees to honor super cheap tickets bought during computer glitch

Airlines

Discount airline fined for not letting customers unsubscribe from mailing lists

It took an AU$110,000 fine for Tiger Airways to learn the difference between persistently reaching out to customers and spam.

Skift | 12 years ago

Media and PR

Rick Steves aghast at the power of TripAdvisor and booking sites over hotels

Rick Steves points out that TripAdvisor and online travel agencies such as Booking.com and Venere can have a negative impact on small hotels, but commenters come back at him pointing out that he can wield undue influence, as well.

Skift | 12 years ago

Online Travel

Travel-industry marketing startup Vizury closes $9 million round of funding

Nokia's VC fund had been looking to invest in the advertising industry and found a good match in helping Vizury expand its online marketing tools to additional countries in Asia and South America.

Skift | 12 years ago