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RevitUp.direct Online Sales for 2021 Reach 2019 Levels

2021-06-27 by Argophilia Travel News

RevitUp.direct

RevitUp.direct is helping clients hotels achieve 2019 level prices and volume for 2021 by evolving into an even more efficient service.

Tags: digital marketing, digital services, Greece hotels, hotel marketing, hotel revenue, Hotel rooms, hotels direct, marketing tools, online hotels, online sales, RevitUP, RevitUp.direct, room sales

Treovi To Revolutionize the Online Hotel Industry

2012-06-13 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Treovi Hotel bookings

Revolutionizing the online hotel industry, Treovi reservation service recently announced their main objective of excluding all existing online commissions and founding an equitable collaboration between hotels and their customers. Now this is news.

Tags: booking, Expedia, free booking, free reservation service, GHX, Global Hotel Exchange, guest booking, guests, hotel booking, hotel industry, hotels, online hotels, online travel booking, OTA's, Roomkey, Tnooz, travel sites, treovi

Google Hotel Finder Adds “Search by Travel Time”

2012-01-23 by Aleksandr Shatskih

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Google Hotel Finder has finally rolled out some of its much-anticipated ‘innovation’, in the form of a new search parameter than allows us to search for hotels by travel time from key attractions and destinations

Tags: filter hotels by travel time, Google, Google hotel finder, Google Maps, Google Travel, hotel finder, hotels, Hotels by Travel Time, ITA, online hotels, Search by Travel Time, search hotels by travel time, travel time

Hotelbeds Drives Revenue – Gets Rebrand

2011-11-07 by Aleksandr Shatskih

TUI Offices

TUI Travel’s Hotelbeds wholesaler platform says sales may increase by as much as 25 percent this year. Expansion plans for the Americas and Asia were also announced as one of TUI’s most successful arms flexes its muscles.

Tags: Hotelbeds, online hotels, OTA's, TUI Hotelbeds, TUI News, TUI rooms, TUI Travel

Best Western Recognized As Web-Mobile Leader

2011-05-27 by Aleksandr Shatskih

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Best Western International has just been named a 2010 web performance Silver Award winner by Compuware Corporation. Compuware’s Best of the Web Awards revealed Best Western and several other leading companies as leading edge Internet players.

Tags: Best Western, Bruce Reading, Compuware, Gomez, Gomez benchmark, hotel, hotel bookings, hotel sites, hotels, hotels online, online booking, online hotels, Scott Gibson, website testing, websites, World hotels

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ITV’s This Morning and Loose Women to Showcase Crete’s Hidden Gems

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ITV presenters Jeff Brazier and producer Mariam Hussain are filming in eastern Crete for This Morning and Loose Women, bringing Lassithi to millions of UK and Irish viewers.

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Eastern Crete Cultural Group Joins Opposition to Proposed Wind Farm Projects

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A cultural and environmental association in eastern Crete has joined growing opposition to eight proposed wind farm projects in Lassithi, calling for greater public consultation and environmental safeguards.

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Experts Urge Calm as Crete Addresses Toxic Pufferfish Spread

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The Geotechnical Chamber of Greece (GEOTEE) in Crete issued a public safety guide to separate scientific fact from social media panic regarding the pufferfish.

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Scarlet Lady Returns to Crete After Earlier Diversion from Türkiye

2026-07-10 By Kostas Raptis

The Scarlet Lady made an unscheduled call at Souda after itinerary changes, returning to Crete days after Türkiye barred the LGBTQ+-chartered cruise from its planned ports.

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Heraklion Union Demands Labor Inspections After 16-Year-Old Employee Assaulted in Hersonissos

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The Heraklion Hotel Workers’ Union issued a fierce condemnation of the 61-year-old hotel manager arrested for assaulting a 16-year-old employee in Hersonissos.

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