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Strikes Across Europe – Some Travel Grinds to Halt

2011-06-29 by Phil Butler

If the vote goes wrong - Greece could tumble into anarchy

Just when you’d think European travelers may have had their fill of airline delays and disruptions, industry workers in the UK, Greece, and France decide it’s time to strike some more. A walk out by taxi drivers in Paris, striking air traffic controllers in Greece, and UK border officials demonstrating, these latest upheavals cannot help Europe travel.

Tags: air delays, air traffic strike, Athens riots, Athens travel, border, EasyJet, EU, EU austerity, EU Travel, Europe travel, France taxis, Greece austerity, Greece riots, Greece tourism, Greek government, Paris travel, Ryanair, taxi strike, travel news, travel security, UK riots, UK strike

VacationRoost Launches Vacation Portal – Barbados Anyone?

2011-06-29 by Phil Butler

Barbados beach

Vacation home rental innovators, VacationRoost, launched their new website today. The new rental portal features some 150,000 plus managed vacation rentals from North America, to Mexico and the Caribbean, and beyond. Argo takes a look at the new site, and at least one deal for a great summer vacation; “Barbados anyone?”

Tags: Barbados, Barbados vacation, beach rentals, budget vacation, Family Vacation, HomeAway, rentals, summer travel, Summer Vacation, travel deals, vacation deals, vacation homes, VacationRoost

Cruising the Med in Style with Sea Cloud Cruises: Summer 2011

2011-06-28 by Phil Butler

Sea Cloud in Hamburg

Argophilia is all about the love of the journey, and what journey imaginary or real could be more poignant than a Mediterranean cruise? And since we are destined for dreams, what about a cruise aboard a real ship, a legend, the 80+ year old windjammer Sea Cloud. Talk about a journey, Jason of Argonaut fame himself would fight for the chance.

Tags: Bonifacio Corsica, Cruise industry, cruises, Hansa Treuhand Hamburg, Hansa Treuhand-Group, luxury cruises, Med cruises, Med travel, sailing cruise, sailing ships, Sea Cloud, Sea Cloud Cruises, ships, smal, small ship cruises, tall ships, Windjammer

Boingo Takes Off with Gogo in an Airplane Under You

2011-06-28 by Phil Butler

Boingo dot come celebrates 10 years.

Yes, you read this title correctly. In mobile connectivity news today, leading edge Wi-Fi provider Boingo has penned a deal with industry leader Gogo, to provide digital services above 10,000 feet. Like most readers, scanning the first couple of lines of this press release made me wonder if some time off might be the best […]

Tags: Boingo, flight connectivity, Gogo, in flight connection, mobile, mobile travel, Tom Tom, travel mobile, travel tools, Wi-Fi, wireless

Via Michelin: Can Bibendum Fix Blowout?

2011-06-28 by Phil Butler

Michelin man adds clairvoyance interface

In news from one of the world’s best known names in hospitality, Michelin, celebrating the company’s 10 year anniversary online come with revamped Via Michelin website. Argo Travel News takes a look at Michelin’s entry into the competitive realm of online travel guides.

Tags: German restaurants, Google search, Google Travel, Michelin guides, Michelin Man, Michelin Man travels, Michelin tourism, online guides, online travel, travel guides, travel industry, travel search, travel tech, Via Michelin

Just How Unwired Is the European Travel Commission?

2011-06-27 by Phil Butler

ETC Facebook images

The European Travel Commission recently announced a travel contest via their Facebook engagement to attract US tourists to the continent. In what could be classified as either symbolic, or simply Europe’s latest and greatest online misfire, the pronounced Facebook engagement is nowhere to be found. The so called “I Wish I Were There” contest, is so far only a dream?

Tags: dream vacations, ETC, EU, EU tourism, EU Travel, Europe engagement, Europe Internet, Europe tourism, Europe travel, Europe wired, European Travel Commission, European Union, Facebook contest, Facebook travel, Gadling, I Wish I Were There, PR Newswire

Vayant Travel Tech and 2e Systems Enhance airBaltic

2011-06-25 by Phil Butler

2e systems clients

In news from Frankfurt today, Vayant Travel Technologies announced a partnership with 2e Systems for providing solutions for airBaltic. According to the news, 2e’s booking engine, along with Vayant’s Microproducts – FareList, TaxQuote, and IntelliPricer, will provide a “new breed” of tech solutions for airlines.

Tags: 2e Systems, air fares, airBaltic, airlines, Baltic airlines, Bookings, FareList, HitchHiker, IntelliPricer, Microproducts, TaxQuote, travel search, travel technologies, Vayant Travel Technologies

Tough Love for Mother Russia: Stop the Touristic Horror

2011-06-24 by Phil Butler

Russian streetcar

In news from the Moscow Times, tourism to the Russian Federation has taken a hit this year so far as excessive costs and red tape have stifled European inbound travel there. According to the newspaper, the first quarter of 2011 saw a 24% decline in tourists from Europe. With the Sochi Olympic just around the corner, it may be time for half measures to cease.

Tags: Allegro, Finland tourism, Finland visa, President Tarja Halonen, Prime Minister Putin, Russia economy, Russia tourists, Russia visas, Russian businesses, Russian economy, Russian Federation business, Russian tourism, Russian travel, visa trouble

Scandinavia’s Stena Line – First Wind Powered Ferry

2011-06-23 by Phil Butler

Stena Line employs wind turbine technology

Stena Line, one of the world’s largest ferry lines, has just initiated what may be game changing innovation. The Scandinavian transport and travel service announced their equipping the world’s first passenger ferry equipped with wind turbine technology.

Tags: environmental travel, ferries, Finland, green travel, ISO 14001, Netherlands, Nordic travel, Norway, passenger ferries, Robert Åkerlund, Scandinavia crusies, Scandinavia travel, Scandinavian travel, Scanidnavian cruises, Stena Line, Sweden, travel technology, turbines, wind turbines

International Bachata Festival Lithuania 2011

2011-06-23 by Phil Butler

Bachata festival

For those travelers out there who love to dance, shake it even, Lithuania is the place to be this week. The Annual AfroLatin Dance Festival begins in Vilnius on Friday and ends on the following Monday. Organized by the Afrolatin dance studio “Bachata Souls” – this year’s Bachata extravaganza promises to be the hottest Latin dance event of the Summer.

Tags: AfroLatin, Bachata, Baltics travel, dance festivals, festivals, Lithuania dance, Lithuania festivals, Lithuania tourism, Lithuania travel, Samba, Summer in Lithuania, Vilnius events, Vilnius festival, Vilnius hotels, Vilnius tourism

New Travel Portal Is Indeed ideeli

2011-06-22 by Phil Butler

Sebourn Legend via ideeli

ideeli, Inc. announces an all new flash sale shopping site with a very cool travel component. Powered by Voyage Prive, the first and largest global private flash sale travel group, ideeli travel goes a long way toward connecting travelers with curated travel offers and booking simplicity. With a maze of online travel sites springing up everywhere, maybe it’s time for an old fashioned travel store?

Tags: 7 Night Cruise, Civitavecchia, designer travel, ideeli travel, luxury shopping, luxury yacht cruise, Med cruises, Monte Carlo, online travel, Paul Hurley, Seabourn Legend, Travel Channel, travel deals, travel portal, travel websites, Voyage Prive

RateGain Unveils Travel Branding Tool at HITEC 2011

2011-06-21 by Phil Butler

BrandGain from RateGain

In cutting edge travel technology bits, RateGain has launched their BrandGain guest satisfaction technology at HITEC 2011 in Austin, Texas. According to their news, the BrainGain technology extracts, scans, analyzes, and scores across the social spectrum providing crucial analytics for users. As anyone involved in “the digital revolution” should know by now, the sphere of engagement […]

Tags: BrandGain, branding, HITEC 2011, hotel bookings, hotel owners, hotels, metrics, price comparatives, RateGain, travel analytics, travel metrics, travel PR, travel suite, travel tools

EuroCheapo Celebrates Deals and More Deals

2011-06-21 by Phil Butler

Eurocheapo landing page

EuroCheapo, one of the online world’s most popular travel sites, celebrates their 10th anniversary this week. According to the news the European budget hotel finders will also launch new guides for Zurich and San Francisco.

Tags: cheap airfares, cheap hotels, Eurocheapo, Europe hotels, Europe travel, France travel, hotel comparisons, Idea Hotel, Milan hotels, Milan travel, online travel, OTA, OTA comparisons, Tom Meyers, travel deals, travel startups, UK travel

CommunicAsia 2011 Singapore Kicks Off Tomorrow

2011-06-20 by Phil Butler

The Marina Bay Sands

CommunicAsia 2011, one of the world’s biggest technology conferences, is scheduled to begin tomorrow at Singapore’s Marina Bay Sands. This year’s conference promises to be a comprehensive knowledge building platform and showcase for a vast array of emerging technologies.

Tags: Asia tourism, Bitstream Inc., BOLT, communicasia, Hotel Royal @ Queens, Landmark Village Hotel, Marina Bay Sands Hotel, Nokia Siemens Networks, Oxford Hotel, Singapore conference, Singapore tech, Singapore tourism, Singapore travel, Sky on 57, technology conference, WORK Microwave

Black Sea Resorts – Varna Seaside Spotlight

2011-06-18 by Phil Butler

The beach

For many of our readers the Black Sea port of Varna may be more memorable as the place Dracula embarked from in the 1992 film version of Bram Stoker’s classic. While Gary Oldman and Anthony Hopkins did a nice job entertaining us, the reality of Varna, Bulgaria is far more entertaining. Argo Travel decided to take a look at one of Varna’s oldest and most famous seaside resorts, Riviera Holiday Club.

Tags: Barcelona, Black Sea hotels, Black Sea resorts, Bram Stoker's Dracula, Bulgaria hotels, Bulgaria resorts, Bulgaria travel, Golden Fleece, Hercules, Jason and the Argonauts, La Terrasse restaurant, Mallorca, Riviera Holiday Club, Sea resorts, Travel Bulgaria, Varna Archaeological Museum, Varna Bulgaria, Varna hotels, Varna travel, ZET Travel

Bulgaria’s Varna International Music Festival 2011

2011-06-18 by Phil Butler

Sophia Jaffe to perform at Varna

For travelers with plans to visit Bulgaria, the Varna Summer International Music Festival kicks off today. This is the 85th anniversary of this, Bulgaria’s and one of Europe’s biggest music events. The internationally acclaimed event is a world performing arts and classical music extravaganza no visitor to the area should miss.

Tags: Academic Maly Drama Theatre, Angela Madjarova, ballet, Bulgaria events, Bulgaria tourism, Bulgaria travel, chamber music, Classical festival, classical music, Dimitar Nakov, Gancho Ganchev, Golden Tulip Hotel, Hotel Capital Varna, Instituto Camoes Portugal, Lora Marinova, Moscow Soloists Chamber Ensemble, music festival, Sophia Jaffe, Varna events, Varna travel

The Best of Norway: Real Places, People, and Things

2011-06-17 by Phil Butler

Ålesund, Norway, aerial view

Are recent trip to Milan proved more fruitful than we could have imagined when to our surprise Italy was made much cooler by a Nordic blast. I am not referring to the arctic winds from crisp Scandinavia either, but of great people from a place not many will have heard of. What you are about to read will hopefully be as pleasant a surprise for you as Norwegians Frode and Yvonne Aass (image below) were for us.

Tags: Bacalao, Bacalhau, Battle of Rastarkalv, Brady AS, Eirik Bloodaxe, Frode Aass, João Vaz Corte-Real, King Haakon the Good, Kristiansund, Kristiansund Norway, Milan travel, Norway food, Norway travel, Norway's coast, Norwegian cuisine, Norwegian tourism, Portugal cuisine, Portugese dishes, salted cod, traditional Portugese, Visit Norway, Yvonne Aass

The Czech Tourist Authority: Template for European Outreach

2011-06-16 by Phil Butler

Český Krumlov

In news from the Czech Republic, Tourist Authority Director Radka Neumannova is one Eastern European bureaucrat who knows how to engage and inform potential industry and tourists. Like many countries in the region, the Czech Republic is largely thought of as a travel destination for one city only. But there is a lot more to this vibrant destination than Prague.

Tags: Czech investment, Czech Republic business, Czech Republic tourism, Czech Republic travel, FDI, India travel, Indian economy, investing, Radka Neumannova, Skoda

Sabre’s Hospitable Solution for Facebook

2011-06-15 by Phil Butler

Seamlessly integrated Facebook engagement

Dennis Schaal, over at Tnooz, offered a report yesterday on Sabre Hospitality Solutions’ latest incursion for the Arizona Grand Resort, and their so called SocialConversion suite. If the innovation is important enough for Tnooz to cover it, then certainly Argo Travel should look into Sabre’s most prized social platform. Is this suite as good as it looks?

Tags: Arizona Grand Resort, Facebook apps, Facebook booking apps, Facebook tools, Facebook travel, Felix Laboy, Sabre, Sabre holdings, Sabre Hospitality, SocialConversion, Tnooz, travel apps

MyHotelGuy.com Engages Twenty Somethings

2011-06-08 by Phil Butler

MyHotelGuy

In travel startup news today, MyHotelGuy.com has just launched what they term a “one-of-kind” lifestyle travel website. Designed to target the so called generation Y demographic, the site gets a lot of traction our of the term “jet set” – but for the real skinny, we thought Argo should check the site out.

Tags: 20 something, Jason Elliott, jet set, jet set travel, MyHotelGuy, online travel, press release, PRWeb, Seth Godin, travel blogs, travel startups, travel technology, Y demographic

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