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U.S. Beach Finder App Released

Aleksandr Shatskih

Visit South Walton has released a mobile tool to help travelers find their perfect beach. The U.S. Finder Beach app is able to provide real-time information regarding any beach in the United States.

13 years ago

Zozulica, Euro 2012’s Frisky Noisemaker

Aleksandr Shatskih

Recently available for smartphones, Zozulica App comes to boost the spirits for the 2012 European Football Championship, allowing fans to support their favorite teams.

13 years ago

The Curious Case of Room Key

Phil Butler

A news release yesterday via Business Wire tells of conglomerate hotel booking site Room Key’s coming out of Beta status. What’s curious about this news is not so much the fluffy nature of it, but claims of millions having flocked to the startup to book their hotel rooms. At least this is the feel of the announcement. A bit of one of those “non-event” specialties creative PR agencies excel at perhaps? What’s the real story?

13 years ago

Triposo Mechanized

Phil Butler

Triposo, the brainchild travel startup from ex-Googler’s Jon Tirsen and Douwe Osinga, just announced their new iOS app, the story arriving via TechCrunch. So, Argo Travel News decided to take a look under the hood of this fascinating new travel guide/suggestion engine.

13 years ago

WIHP Hotels Selects ComTranslations

Aleksandr Shatskih

For travel and tourism engaged companies, there’s perhaps no more crucial component of operations than communications. And not just in a company’s native language. ComTranslations, a rapidly growing international translation company, has just been signed by World Independent Hotels Promotion (WIHP), another rising star in the tourism sector.

13 years ago

WIHP Hotels Solves Hotel PPC Pain

Aleksandr Shatskih

World Independent Hotels Promotion (WIHP), in a deal with TripAdvisor, has enhanced their “Show Price” PPC ad capability there by including budgetary control for hoteliers.

13 years ago

OpenRoomz.com Improves Hotel Comparison Engine

Aleksandr Shatskih

OpenRoomz.com, has made a few changes to its proprietary hotel search and rate comparison engine, to help travelers find the best hotel rates faster and easier.

13 years ago

Tucan Travel Tags London’s LeadGenerators

Phil Butler

British – Australian run Tucan Travel has just named LeadGenerators to manage their ongoing search marketing strategy, according to news from the adventure travel company. The award winning tour operators tapped the London based firm for their SEO savvy and SEM successes.

13 years ago

HotelSweep Extends in Europe, Asia and Australia

Aleksandr Shatskih

HotelSweep uses traditional search engine and innovative information extraction technologies to crawl the web, extracting pricing and amenities data directly from hotel websites.

13 years ago

European Vacation Rentals: Room At the Top

Phil Butler

Key findings from PhoCusWright, presented by Tnooz, reveal the strength of Europe’s holiday rental segment. Despite the complexities of the European holiday rental market, the potential for revenue there is undeniable, PCW estimates the current in the report titled: PhoCusWright’s European Vacation Rental Marketplace: 2011-2013. €20 billion euro is one powerful incentive for studying rentals.

13 years ago

Should Google Buy Travelzoo?

Phil Butler

What could Google do with Travelzoo (NASDAQ:TZOO)? This is the question some insiders may be asking if reports of the beleaguered travel deal company’s sale ring true. Having had shared plummet over 70 percent since last year, Travelzoo would seem ripe for the picking, but just who’s plucking online booking portals these days? Reuters has it the company is seeking advisers on a potential sell.

13 years ago

Augustus Collection Unveils Hotel Website Solution

Aleksandr Shatskih

Good news is on the horizon for all hoteliers out there struggling to make their mark on the web. The challenges of designing a hotel website and making it visible have been made redundant thanks to those highly-skilled chaps at Augustus Collection.

13 years ago

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