Argophilia

Αργοφιλία: For the love of the journey.

New Tour and Activity Platform Rezdy to Go

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Tour and activity operators might be interested in giving this one a try. A new online booking engine start-up is hoping to revolutionize the activities industry and help operators to boost their internet bookings like never before.

Eastern Europe Cold Snap Deaths Top 650

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The death toll for Eastern Europe’s bone-chilling cold snap has exceeded 650 people, as authorities in the Czech Republic blamed the extreme weather for two huge pile ups on the country’s roads that resulted in several serious injuries and reduced traffic to a standstill.

A Valentine’s Getaway for Singles

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For all those lonely hearts that are desperate to escape this Valentine’s Day, help is at hand thanks to the UK’s top hotel comparison site Trivago.co.uk. With singles in mind, their recently published list of select hotels offers solo guests the chance to hide away from all that yucky, mushy romance stuff and get down to some serious, self-centered pampering.

Warm Winter Spots: Freeport On A Budget

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If your Winter is working out anything like ours here in Germany, it’s about time for a more tropical outlook. Using Atlanta, Georgia as an example starting point, just consider what 19°F with a 23 mph wind will feel like tomorrow morning. Without spending a king’s ransom, next weekend you and a co-conspirator could be warm and toasty, having fun in Freeport in the Bahamas.

Travel Light with FlyMy.co.uk Baggage Couriers

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Good news for all those frequent flyers who are sick of kicking their heels, wasting time at the airport with nothing to do. Hours of endlessly waiting at the baggage carousel, or standing in line at the check-in counter could soon be a thing of the past, thanks to a great new idea from UK-based travel start-up FlyMy.co.uk.

Mobile Browsing on Travel Sites up by 72%

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Travel website traffic via the mobile web has increased by a staggering 72% in the last six months, to account for a total of 17.4% of all website traffic in the industry, leading some experts to suggest that the end of the PC’s era of dominance is nigh.

Vayant Breaks Sub-Second Barrier in Flight Search

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Vayant Travel Technologies, the online airfare shopping specialists, have announced that they are now capable of delivering sub-second search results through their new FastSearch solution technology, unveiled at this week’s Travel Technology Europe 2012 exhibition.

NYC Hotels Get Panic Alarms After Strauss-Khan Scandal

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Almost ten months after former French Presidential hopeful and IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Khan was accused of sexually assaulting a house keeper at his luxury Manhattan suite, hotels across New York are set to hand out panic alarms to their employees so they can call for immediate help.

Corporate Enterprises’ Im-mobile Travel Policies

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As global enterprise continues to grow and vast numbers of corporate employees embark on business-related trips, a new survey has revealed that the majority of businesses are missing the boat when it comes to travel advice.

JetBlue Enhance Website, Release iPhone App

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Snazzy mobile apps and clean, polished websites are no longer the sole domain of travel search engines. Not now that JetBlue Airways has launched its brand new, native app on the iPhone, which allows users to search for flights and make bookings on the go.

The Hospitality Industry’s Mobile Web Failure

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Having a well thought-out mobile strategy has become critical to online success, as we all know only too well, right? Well, perhaps we like to think that way, but on the contrary, according to a recent intelligence report from a leading digital think tank, it seems that many in the hospitality industry aren’t actually taking the mobile web as seriously as they should…