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Travelmole Travel Technology Digest – June news round-up

Friday, 29 June 20073 min read

27 June – Trading Standards attacks ‘fictitious’ online travel prices as May 10 deadline to stop misleading the public passes.

21 June – Online travel to hit $49 billion in Europe this year but will begin to decline in 2008 according to eMarketer.

20 June – 60% of Thomson’s passengers are now booking online and the operator also reveals plans to use retail chain and call-centres to help consumers find what they want on the web.

19 June – Tripadvisor doubles reviews to 10m in 12 months.

19 June – The Trainline trials mobile phone ticketing for business travellers

14 June – lastminute.com creates B2C and B2B divisions.

5 June – Euromonitor International Global E-Travel Habits reports shows traditional operators and meta-search sites challenging existing online giants.