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Expedia Aiming to Corner Indian Market

2011-03-28 by Aleksandr Shatskih

The Taj Mahal attracts thousands of domestic tourists each year

Already the world’s largest online travel portal in revenue terms, this hasn’t stopped Expedia from eyeing the Indian travel industry as its next big market. Can Expedia garner a significant share of this market? Only time and India travelers will tell.

Tags: cleartrip, Daniel Lynn, Expedia, Expedia India, India, India online, India travel, Indian travel industry, Nokia, TAFI, Travel Agents Federation of India

Need a Five-Star Hotel? Head to Thailand for the Cheapest Rates

2011-03-28 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Five-star hotels in Thailand are available for under $100

The average cost of a one night’s stay in a Thai hotel dropped by almost 3% last year, making the country one of the best in the world as far as low-cost accommodation rates go.

Tags: cheap hotels, five-star hotels, Hotel Price Index, hotels, Hotels.com, Singapore, Singapore hotels, Thai hotel, Thailand, Thailand hotels, Thailand tourism, Thailand travel

Singapore Switches Off Early For Earth Hour

2011-03-25 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Save the environment, join in Earth Hour Singapore

Singaporeans are ready to embrace Earth Hour at 8.30pm tonight. Perhaps more than anyone else, they can readily appreciate the virtues of air conditioning, with the tropical city state typically experiencing temperatures of above 30˚C throughout the year. Anyone who does switch off for Earth Hour is making a big, but definitely worthwhile sacrifice.

Tags: Asia, Asia travel, Earth Day, Earth hour, envionment, Environment, Golden Village, Planet Awareness, save Earth, Singapore, World Wildlife Fund

Tour Operators Looking to the East

2011-03-25 by Aleksandr Shatskih

The Russian Venice: Saint Petersburg

More and more travel companies are interpreting Eastern Europe as the next big thing in tourism, a report from PhoCusWright says. An upcoming study is set to report on emerging holiday destinations such as Poland and Russia, and put the spotlight on what they have in store for travelers.

Tags: PhoCusWright, poland, Poland travel, Russia, Russia travel, Ukraine travel

Hackers Infiltrate TripAdvisor, Steal Emails

2011-03-25 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Computer key with skull and crossbones

TripAdvisor admitted today that hackers had infiltrated its servers and managed to steal user emails.  According to the big-name travel website, only emails were stolen, but all passwords and other member information are safe.  Therefore, the only damage done to users will be extra spam, phishing schemes, or anything else the evildoers came come up […]

Tags: emails, hackers, phishing, security, Sophos, SPAM, travel website, TripAdvisor, vulnerability

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