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Off & Away: Pamper Your Love with a Luxury Valentine’s Suite

Mihaela Lica Butler

Off & Away’s February “Whole Lotta Love” series gives you the chance to win an all-inclusive stay in the luxurious 9,757 square foot, bi-level Cancun Hotel’s Suite ME.

15 years ago

HeyTell Joins the Mobile Travel Family

Aleksandr Shatskih

Remember those walkie-talkies Dad got you for Christmas back when? Well for relief of drive time boredom and far more interesting uses, an application for smart phones called HeyTell is a big winner. When SMS won’t do, HeyTell is a walking talking solution to short duration communication.

15 years ago

ChaCha Dances Another Round Around Search

Aleksandr Shatskih

Indianapolis based, real time search service ChaCha has just closed another round of funding. According to the press, the human powered search engine startup gained another $3 million from investors to further expand their mobile product. ChaCha has so far raised a total of $75 in funding since its launch in 2005.

15 years ago

Travel to Africa with The Far Horizons

Mihaela Lica Butler

The Far Horizons, an African travel company offering luxury safari tours, has re-launched its website today, with a better, more modern design and added interactive features for a better user experience.

15 years ago

A Savory Set of Travel Startups: Book One

Phil Butler

Some really great online travel sites never even get mentioned. What with all the stories about American Airlines, Google, Expedia, Orbitz, Microsoft, even Bing, how is the consumer ever to know who the best is. What we often see is not innovation or anything approaching the best, it’s marketing and big business.

15 years ago

Skyscanner Acquires Zoombu

Mihaela Lica Butler

Europe’s top flight search site Skyscanner has acquired Zoombu, one of the UK’s most exciting online travel start-ups.

15 years ago

Availpro Expands Adding Horsepower for Hotels

Phil Butler

France’s Availpro promises to add horsepower for small and medium sized hotel bookings. A recent expansion into the online travel market in Spain signals the company’s popularity with hoteliers in Europe. Just how many horses the company can provide depends a great deal on the end user as usual.

15 years ago

Justice Department Poised to Nix Google Deal

Aleksandr Shatskih

The Justice Department stands poised to nix Google’s acquisition of ITA proprietary software as FairSearch and other entities press the issue. Is Google becoming a monopoly? This is the overriding question on the minds of consumers, but what is on the government’s mind, this is what counts. With American Airlines’ recent ITA deal, exactly how will the Justice Department deal with the immense pressures being leveled? This online travel war is a far bigger confrontation than many realize.

15 years ago

TripIt Cashes In Big Time

Aleksandr Shatskih

Travel startup TripIt cashes in for an estimated $120 million after only 5 years of development and customer building. Concur is said to have acquired the Web’s most utilized business travel planning tool for cash and stocks. As for the future of TripIt, Concur has not released a statement as of yet.

15 years ago

SnowTrax Compares Beyond Compare

Phil Butler

There’s a new ski trip search dynamo out there, and SnowTrax is the name it goes by. For refined ski vacation search, there may not be a better example on Earth. But, and there are always “but’s”, corporate lip service social engagement will never do for any new tech startup. On the consumer Web, there is no room for slip ups when professing social media kinship. Aside this flaw, SnowTrax has a foot in their skis for flawless ski vacations.

15 years ago

Coming Attraction – The Real Online Travel

Phil Butler

2010 has been a big year for online and mobile travel innovation and initiative. Argophilia Travel News takes a look at advanced user technology and value their Argophilia Travel portal may or may not deploy. For the digital empowered traveler, the new year will bring out the best in products and services.

15 years ago

Microsoft Piggybacks On FairSearch Whining

Phil Butler

In a transparent move to block yet another Google business move, Microsoft joins the scaredy cats at FairSearch. Like a ravenous whining hyena, Microsoft once again nips at the heels of the Internet’s most profitable and powerful company.

15 years ago

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