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Scottish agents condemn BA GDS fee hike plan
Phil Davies - Feb 20, 2024
The likely imposition by British Airways of a minimum 300% increase in its GDS booking fee from 50p per sector…
Categories: Tech
Trend continues for direct hotel bookings
David - Feb 20, 2024
With more hotels guaranteeing equal or better prices to travelers who book with them directly, online travel agency Web sites…
Kayak.co.uk makes debut
Phil Davies - Feb 19, 2024
Online travel search company Kayak.co.uk makes its consumer debut today supported by a new low airline fare search engine supplied…
TC to develop single booking system for all brands
Bev - Feb 19, 2024
Thomas Cook has selected German fares technology company Partners Software to develop a multi-source air fares booking engine and management…
Corporates petition BA over GDS fees
Phil Davies - Feb 16, 2024
More than 60 companies are threatening to boycott British Airways after voicing “profound concern” over reported plans to impose new…
Travel websites cracking down on bogus customer reviews
Bev - Feb 16, 2024
Travel websites are clamping down on fake online ‘user’ reviews which could be damaging their business. According to a debate…
Expedia Inc reports profits down in 2006
Phil Davies - Feb 16, 2024
Expedia Inc saw a $25 million drop in net profits to $390 million in 2006. A decline in air revenues…
Every travel company to have online TV station, says expert
Linda Fox - Feb 16, 2024
Every travel company will have its own television station on the internet in five years time. This was the prediction…
Expedia boss says content ‘fragmentation’ is unstoppable
Bev - Feb 15, 2024
There is no point trying to stop hotels and airlines from fragmenting the way they distribute their products, according to Expedia Corporate…
Targeted online advertising to attract consumers direct
Linda Fox - Feb 15, 2024
Travel companies are likely to divert funds away from search engine optimisation and invest in more targeted online advertising as…
Agencies to become virtual call-centres and cruise to migrate online
Linda Fox - Feb 15, 2024
High street travel agencies will become virtual call-centres in the future as the dynamic packaging increasingly takes hold and fewer…
Lonsdale Travel rebrands as Capita Business Travel
Phil Davies - Feb 15, 2024
Specialist business travel management company Lonsdale Travel has been rebranded as Capita Business Travel following its takeover 15 months ago.…
