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Sabre’s Hospitable Solution for Facebook

Phil Butler

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?

15 years ago

IATA Unveil New Airport Check-In System

Aleksandr Shatskih

With airlines looking to reduce check in times at airports, it looks as though eye scanners and biometric passport chips are on their way to an airport near you soon. A mock up unveiled by the International Air Transport Association in Singapore last weekend, known as the “Check-in of the Future” demonstrated exactly how airlines […]

15 years ago

Travelport Moves Into Russian Online Travel Market

Aleksandr Shatskih

Global travel industry business services provide Travelport has signed a collaboration deal with the growing Russian Internet Travel Services Association (ITSA) in order to provide more support to the Russian online tourist industry, it’s been revealed. ITSA, which was only founded last year, is the brainchild of Russian travel industry expert Vadim Zelensky, who said […]

15 years ago

MyHotelGuy.com Engages Twenty Somethings

Phil Butler

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.

15 years ago

Sofitel So Bangkok to Offer Full Apple Connectivity

Phil Butler

In hotel news from Thailand, the new Sofitel scheduled to open in Bangkok in 2012 will boast maybe the world’s coolest digital features. According to a press release by the chain this weekend, Sofitel has partnered with DirectStreams to afford hotel guests incredibly rich Apple-based connectivity amenities.

15 years ago

Orbitz Stock Into Orbit With American Airlines Verdict

Phil Butler

For all those investors who emailed to ask me if the American Airlines slash Orbitz fight would be a game changer, the news today of skyrocketing Orbitz stock prices is as good an answer as any. Orbitz Worldwide Inc. bounced shares upward on an Illinois court reversal of their case against American Airlines. The court ordered American to resume selling flights via the online travel agency.

15 years ago

Moscow To Get Dial-A-Guide Telephone Service

Aleksandr Shatskih

Plans by Russian authorities to make Moscow a more “tourist-friendly” place could be given a lift with the announcement of a new multi-lingual Dial-a-Guide telephone service that has been proposed. The new plan calls for specialist tourist information call centers to be set up during the summer, ready to field calls from foreign visitors looking […]

15 years ago

iPass Teams to Cover Wi-Fi Slovenia

Phil Butler

In travel news from Slovenia, iPass announced their partnership with Connection Services Ltd, owners of Quiconnect, a wireless interconnectivity service, to provide Wi-Fi across the country via Mobitel.

15 years ago

Agoda and Jetstar Team Up

Phil Butler

In online travel news today, Agoda.com, Asia’s leading hotel booking web portal, announced a partnership with Jetstar Asia Ariways. Now Agoda’s inventory of thousands of hotels will be accessible through Jetstar’S digital storefronts, and co-op deals will be offered through the airlines holiday network.

15 years ago

Opodo Deal Gets EU Thumbs Up

Phil Butler

Private equity firm Permira, and France’s Axa, have received the “go” from EU regulators in their bid to buy online travel entity Opodo. The two investors intent to merge the Spanish Opodo company with Go Voyages and eDreams will create one of the digital world’s biggest online booking agencies.

15 years ago

Argo Travel Tech: iGottaGuide

Phil Butler

A new startup called iGottaGuide promises to show travelers a simpler and better way to book great tour experiences. On further study, it appears the development has a ways to go.

15 years ago

Keynote Competitive Research Chooses hotels.com

Phil Butler

Hotels.com has been named the Best Overall Customer Experience in a study by Keynote Competitive Research. In an examination of nine of the top online travel websites in the US, Keynote selected Hotels in several categories where actual customer responses were used.

15 years ago

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Chania Police and Business Leaders Join Forces Against Cyber Fraud and Illegal Street Trade

2026-07-10 By Kostas Raptis

Business leaders and police in Chania discussed tackling illegal street trading, cyber fraud, and public safety while proposing a new initiative to protect local businesses and visitors.

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Welcome to Heraklion Airport, Where Your Vacation Ends with a Queue

2026-07-09 By Kostas Raptis

Thousands of tourists are currently enjoying the ‘authentic’ Heraklion airport experience, which includes sweating on the pavement and fighting for elbow room inside the terminal.

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Crete Pushes for a Circular Economy to Cut Waste and Boost Recycling

2026-07-09 By Argophilia Travel News

Hersonissos Mayor Zacharias Doxastakis presented a comprehensive circular economy strategy at the Pan-Cretan Conference in Heraklion.

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Travel Advisory: Souda–Milos–Piraeus Ferry Departs Earlier Until September 6

2026-07-09 By Argophilia Travel News

Passengers traveling from Souda to Piraeus via Milos should note a temporary schedule change now in effect. From today through September 6, the ferry will depart Souda at 9:30 p.m. (21:30) instead of its usual 10:00 p.m. (22:00) departure. The vessel is scheduled to arrive at the Port of Piraeus at 6:45 a.m. Passengers are […]

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