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Magnuson’s GHX Adopted by 1000’s Already

2011-12-10 by Aleksandr Shatskih

In news from PRWeb London, via Digital Journal, Thomas Magnuson’s Global Hotel Exchange (GHX) announced today thousands of hotels adopting the not even released new online travel agency (OTA).

Tags: booking platform, GHX, Global Hotel Exchange, hotel bookings, hoteliers, Magnuson Hotels, market conditions, OTA, OTA's, PRWeb, Sponsor News, Thomas Magnuson, Tom Magnuson

OTA CEOs and Who Has Your Back: Part I

2011-12-05 by Phil Butler

William Shatner for Priceline.com

What do you want from information providers? How about service providers that offer information you need to know to make decisions? Where online travel is concerned, there has been a lot of shakeup of late over these questions. Can you trust reviews? Which OTAs can you trust? We decided to micro-analyze some questions and answers already provided by none other than USA Today, and the leading bosses of your online travel agencies.

Tags: Chicago Tribune, Expedia, Huffington Post, Jeffery Boyd, Orbitz, Priceline.com, PRWeb, Stephen Kaufer, Travelocity, Travelport, TripAdvisor, UPI, William Shatner

Argophilia Launches Citizen’s Travel Portal

2011-08-16 by Phil Butler

Albanian Beach

Argophilia Travel Albania launches as the first of many regional travel directories aimed at introducing Eastern Europe’s hidden gems. Breathtaking places sit undiscovered by most of the world’s top travel businesses, a scattered lot of informative sites offer little or no value to travelers or local businesses, but Argo addresses the problem directly.

Tags: Alabania travel, Albania business, Albanian hotels, Albanian tourism, Argophilia Travel Albania, Durres, Et'hem Bey Mosque, Gadling, Illyria, Michael Arrington, OTA's travel news, press release, PRWeb, TechCrunch, tirana, Tnooz, Travel Albania, TripAdvisor, Visit Albania

Kuoni’s Ananea: Much More Than Eco Friendly, Unforgettable

2011-08-07 by Phil Butler

Kenya tree

Zurich based Kuoni Group announces their latest initiative, environmentally aware travel. The Switzerland travel company Alfred Kuoni began back in 1906, has grown to be a leader where innovation, and the term “best” suits guests. With branch operations in over 30 countries about the globe, Kuoni is known for their specialization, but the company probably should be more popular with the mainstream, here’s why.

Tags: Born Free, Born Free Foundation, Born Free the movie, eco travel, Elsa, green travel, interactive, Kenya, Kuona UK, Kuoni Travel, Press, PRWeb, safari, sustainable tourism, tour companies, travel news, Virginia McKenne, volunteer travel, world travel

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

Russia’s SAT & Agoda Join Forces

2011-02-21 by Phil Butler

SAT now offers hotels

Agoda.com, Priceline.com’s Asian global hotel booking site, announces partnering with Russia’s SAT Airlines. The resulting collaboration will allow SAT travelers instant access to Agoda’s over 150,000 hotels.

Tags: Agoda, airline industry, airlines, Asia flights, Asia travel, Asian hotels, Direct Connect, flight bookings, flights, hotel bookings, Priceline, PRWeb, Russia to Asia, Russia travel, Russian airlines, Russian Federation, SAT, seats, Vocus

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