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Midweek Travel Bits: Priceline, Ryanair, Stoxx & More

2012-11-07 by Aleksandr Shatskih

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Already this week, travel news seems a bit on the up-and-up with positive looks at WTM London, as well as great financial news from players like Priceline. I know we are thinking; “Is tourism coming out of the woods here? Regardless, here’s some positive news bits.

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Expedia Dumps American – Can the Airline Still Fly Online?

2011-01-02 by Phil Butler

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Now American Airlines’ fares are dropped from Expedia altogether. With the company claiming no effects on sales, and their ongoing posturing to be seen as in control, is American in trouble? America’s 3rd most powerful airline company has entered into an online marketing war it may not be able to win.

Tags: advertising, airfares, airline advertising, airline hype, American Airlines, Bookings, cutbacks, Expedia, Facebook, Golf Digest, Orbitz, PR hype, price cuts, prices, social engagement, travel bookings, Twitter, website

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Crete, already straining under multiple layers of developmental and environmental stress, is now at the center of a rapidly evolving humanitarian and geopolitical dilemma. Earlier this week, Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis announced an emergency suspension of asylum applications for migrants arriving by sea from North Africa, citing a sudden spike in landings along Crete’s […]

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