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Expedia Introduces New Android App and Mobile Website

2011-05-11 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Expedia Android App

Expedia and its sister company Hotels.com released new mobile apps for Android as well as an upgraded mobile website for Expedia.com. Expedia is showcasing the new apps and features at Google I/O Developer Sandbox. Among the new features in the Android app are: Interactive view of all hotels in an area with multiple sorting options […]

Tags: Android, Android market, apps, Expedia, Google I/O, GPS, hotel booking, Hotels.com, interactive, one tap, TripAdvisor

A hidden gem in Europe’s smallest capital city – Ljubljana

2011-05-10 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Ljubljana, one of Europe's most charming capital cities

With its tiny, 2 million population, Slovenia is probably one of the most overlooked destinations in Eastern Europe, yet it’s also one of the most unexpectedly delightful of them all. Located where the worlds of the Germanic, Slavic and Mediterranean people meet, Slovenia proudly boasts breathtaking mountains, eerie caverns, lush countryside and historic villas. Existing […]

Tags: Art Deco, Art Noveau, Cobblers’ Bridge, Germanic, Hapsburg Empire, Holy Roman Empire, Joze Pecnik, Ljubljana, Ljubljanica River, Mediterranean, Slavic, slovenia, Triple Bridge, Venetian style, venice, Vienna

Father Accuses Thai Police of Tourist Deaths Cover-up

2011-05-10 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Father believes that Thai police authorities are covering up tourist deaths in Chiang Mai

The father of a tourist who died in suspicious circumstances while on holiday in Thailand is accusing authorities of attempting to cover up the circumstances surrounding his daughter’s death. Richard Carter from Auckland, whose daughter Sarah Carter, 25, passed away while backpacking in the northern Thai city of Chiang Mai, has set up a website […]

Tags: Chiang Mai, chinag mai mystery deaths, Chinag mai tourist deaths, deaths in thailand, Richard Carter, Sarah Carter, suspicious deaths in thailand, Thai authorities, Thai Hotel deaths, thai mystery deaths, Thai police, Thailand, Thailand deaths

Malaysian Mega Sale Carnival 2011

2011-05-10 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Enjoy the Mega Sale Carnival Malaysia bargains

If you want a holiday where you can shop till you drop, then you could do a whole lot worse than wind up in Malaysia this summer. With its multitude of shopping malls, dazzling markets and individual souvenir stores selling everything from the latest mobile phones and attractive Malaysian clothes to local artworks, DVDs and […]

Tags: Malaysia, malaysia shopping, malaysian clothes, Malaysian Mega Sale Carnival, malaysian tourism department, massive discounts, Mega Sale Carnival 2011, retail stores malaysia, shop till you drop, shopper's paradise, shopping malls malaysia

United Airlines and Amadeus Part Ways with $75M Payment

2011-05-10 by Aleksandr Shatskih

airline reservation

United Airlines will make a one-time payment to Amadeus for $75 million, ending a contract that has been stalled for years.  United originally contracted Amadeus to migrate its internal reservation system from Travelport’s Apollo to its own Altéa platform, but the migration never happened. When United Airlines merged with Continental Airlines, it decided to migrate […]

Tags: Altéa, Amadeus, Continental, contract, EDS SHARES, internal reservation system, IT platform, merger, stalled, United Airlines

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