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Mobile Already Edging Out PC Booking: Travel Trends

2012-09-09 by Phil Butler

Smart travel will be mobile.

Recent news indicates that anticipated move toward mobile booking and buying in travel is really already here. As anyone in the developmental end of the hospitality development business already knows, smart device connects will soon represent a disproportionate share of all sales.

Tags: Expeda, Expedia mobile, EyeforTravel, hotel bookings, Kayak, mobile booking, mobile tech, mobile tools, OTA's, smart devices, Smart Travel, smartphones, tourism

Foursquare on Steroids: Grafetee’s Mobile App

2012-06-17 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Grafetee Mobile App

Launched early in 2012, Grafetee is a smart location-based mobile app designed for people to both bookmark (they call it Worldmarking) and share real places, as well as for websites to display useful content when others are looking for it. All free and all via smart devices.

Tags: Andoid app, Finland startups, Grafetee, Grafetee mobile app, iPad apps, iPhone apps, mobile tools, networking platform, smart apps, smart devices, Worldmarking

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For the fifth time since 2020, MPs discussed the mythical “Cretan train.” No construction yet, but hope remains the island’s most reliable transport.

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The mayor of Agios Vasileios inspected Crete’s largest acropolis at Orne, where archaeologists continue discovering old rocks of great importance.

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Cretan Train Debate Returns to Parliament for the Fifth Time Since Dinosaurs

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Once again, politicians discussed the mythical “Cretan train,” proving hope is renewable even when railways are not.

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European Tour Operators Explore ‘Authentic’ Crete

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Foreign hiking experts “discovered” Crete’s countryside, olive oil, and human residents. Locals applauded politely.

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Breaking: Crete Loses Its Last Public Service — The Postman

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