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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

Argo Suggests – The Athenian Riviera

2011-06-05 by Aleksandr Shatskih

The magificent Margi

The single greatest symbol of Greece, the one image that has adorned millions of postcards; the Parthenon, is perched high atop the plateau that gives this ancient Greek complex its name, the Acropolis. But, like the part of the proverbial iceberg visible above the water, this marvelous pinnacle is but a fraction of the glory of Greece, even touristic glory. Another more practical wonder awaits Athens visitors, what is known as the Athenian Riviera.

Tags: 5 star Athens hotel, Acropolis, Agio Kosma, Athenian Riviera, Athens guides, Athens tourism, Athens travel, Flisvos Marina, Glyfada, Greece guides, Greece travel, Greek beaches, Grill Bar, Ithaki, King Aegeus, Minotaur, online travel, Palio Faliro, Parthenon, The Margi, Theseus, travel guides, Vouliagmeni

Agoda and Jetstar Team Up

2011-06-02 by Phil Butler

Jetstar Asia Airways landing page

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.

Tags: Agoda, air travel, Asia companies, Asia OTA, Asia travel, cheap fares, hotel booking, hotel portal, Jetstar Asia Airways, online travel, Robert Rosenstein, Singapore, Singapore travel, Southeast Asia Travel

Opodo Deal Gets EU Thumbs Up

2011-05-31 by Phil Butler

Opodo UK landing

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.

Tags: Air France, Alitalia, Amadeus, Axa, EasyJet, eDreams, EU, EU Travel, EU travel commission, Europe travel, Expedia, Go Voyages, online companies, online travel, Opodo, OTA, Permira, regulators, Ryanair, travel commission, travel deals

Keynote Competitive Research Chooses hotels.com

2011-05-27 by Phil Butler

Hotels.com Facebook share

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.

Tags: Europe travel, hotel booking, hotel travel, Hotels at Facebook, Hotels.com, Keynote Competitive Research, online booking, online travel, Scott Booker, travel awards, travel research, user experience

Dreamticket Becomes UK Traveler Nightmare

2011-05-27 by Phil Butler

The Maldives

And in case you thought your nightmare vacation was the worst you ever heard of, when Selsdon Travel, aka Dreamticket, shut its doors the other day, and hundreds of UK travelers found themselves stranded at destinations across the Middle, East, Africa, and on Islands in the Indian Ocean.

Tags: airline tickets, CAA, Dreamticket, maldives, Maldives travel, online sales, online travel, refund, Selsdon Travel, stranded traveler, ticket refund, ticket refunds, travel advisory, traveler, UK tourism, UK travel

Travel Republic Now Open In Spain

2011-05-26 by Phil Butler

Travel Republic

Travel Republic, one of the top online travel sites in the UK and around the world, has announced their expansion into the Spain market. Our friends at Travel Daily News reported on this last week, outlining Travel Republic’s strong ties with Spanish hotels, and the obvious benefits of engaging that space.

Tags: Alexa, Jet2, Kayak, LastMinute, online travel, Opodo, PRWen, Spain travel, traffic, Travel Daily News, Travel Republic, travel sites, UK travel

Seamlessly Topguest Hypes Best Western Union

2011-05-19 by Phil Butler

Ash Fontana and Geoff Lewis, Founders of Topguest

Okay, I have finally had enough. Looking into the travel tech footlocker of startups out there, potential is about all there is out there at the moment. And for Best Western and a company called TopGuest, a bit of scornful ranting due from a Web 2.0 evangelist from the early days. The reason, someone out there in PR land still thinks everything needs to be “seamless” in its integration. BS

Tags: Best Western, Facebook, Facebook travel, Michael Arrington, Needleman, Om, Om Malik, online travel, Pete Cashmore, rewards, Richard McManus, TechCrunch, Topquest, travel, travel bonus, travel rewards, travel startup, travel tools

Travelport and Poland’s Blue Sky Team Up

2011-05-18 by Phil Butler

Malbork Castle

In news from Poland’s Blue Sky Travel, the company and Travelport have just penned a deal for supporting Blue Sky’s offerings with Travelport’s global flight inventory.

Tags: Blue Sky Travel, booking, Eastern Europe travel, Euro 2012, Galileo, Jerzy Ruszkowski, online travel, Poland bookings, Poland hotels, Poland travel, Poland travel plans, travel news, travel plans, Travelport, Worldspan

Lonely Planet Lays Off Chunk of Online Staff

2011-05-13 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Lonely Planet headquarters in Footscray

Just a few days ago, we covered a story about Lonely Planet’s lovely new E-book, and today the news from the travel guide company is that a good portion of its web staff has been given pink slips.  The majority of Lonely Planet’s web team is moving to London, while 17 percent will be looking […]

Tags: australia, digital, economy, job cuts, lonely planet, online travel, print market, travel guide

Record Number of Tourists to Visit Singapore in 2011

2011-03-28 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Singapore Chinatown, one of the islands' leading tourist attractions

Between 12 and 13 million tourists are expected to visit the city-state this year, bringing with them tourism receipts of around 23 billion SGD (Singapore dollars), according to the Trade, Industry and Education minister S Iswaran.

Tags: Asia travel, Island travel, online travel, Ritz Carlton Singapore, Singapore, Singapore tourism, Singapore Tourism Board, Singapore tourist industry, Singapore tourists, Singapore travel, tourism, tourism markets, travel news, travel numbers, Visit Singapore

Asia Leads Growing Global Tourist Industry

2011-03-21 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Spanish beach

Figures released by the IPK International Consulting Group showed that the number of outbound trips reached record levels in what was a fantastic year for global tourism. With the world looking for good economic news, JPK’s date is certainly a welcome surprise for many.

Tags: 2011 travel, Asia tourism, Asia travel, India travel, IPK International Consulting Group, Latin America tourism, online travel, South America travel, travel industry, visit Asia, world tourism, world travel trends

Bing-Kayak: Travel Search or Dumb Meets Dumber?

2011-03-06 by Phil Butler

Barney Pell up the Amazon in 2008

The still raging war for online travel supremacy continues with news from Microsoft and Kayak. The pending sale of ITA to Google has spurred some fairly ridiculous allegiances and deals, not the least of which is the latest Bing “slash” Kayak pairing. Let’s face it, Microsoft has already spent two king’s ransoms trying to beat Google, and now this?

Tags: Barney Pell, Bill Gates, BIng, Bing travel, Google, Google Travel, ITA, ITA software, Kayak, Microsoft, online travel, OTA, Powermouse, search engines, travel conversions, travel search, travel wars

US Airways Sabre Deal Calms Travel War Waters

2011-03-01 by Phil Butler

Cartoon travel help Bing

In airline travel news, US Airways just announced the signing of a multi year contract for full content distribution and merchandising with Sabre Travel Network. This latest news, pertinent to the ongoing wars between the various online agents and service providers, is at least a positive sign for global distribution players.

Tags: add ons, Air New Zealand, airline tickets, airline travel, Amadeus, ancillary services, BIng, British Airways, Delta-Northwest, GDS, Google Travel, Greg Webb, Microsoft, online travel, OTA's, Porter Airlines, Qantas, Sabre GDS, Sabre holdings, United Airlines, US Airways, Virgin America, WestJet, world airlines

Stay.com Lets Users Roll Their Own Travel

2011-02-21 by Phil Butler

Amsterdam search tool

Norwegian travel startup Stay.com release their version 2.3. As a mid-term development release, what Stay offered up was fairly significant. Stay.com affords users unparalelled tools for building, sharing, and printing their own personal travel literature, and great hotel deals as well.

Tags: Amsterdam Guides, content, Europe travel, Facebook Connect, Google, Google Goggles, Google Maps, Google Places, Joachim Paasche, online travel, original content, OTA's travel, Pamil Visions, Price guarantee, rich content, Stay, Stay's Amsterdam, travel portals, travel tech, TripAdvisor, TripWolf, Twitter, UGC

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