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Saveology Hits Boston with Daily Deals

2011-08-04 by Phil Butler

Saveology, the innovative daily deal startup making headlines of late, has now launched their discount deal website for Boston. Saveology users now have access to more than 28 national and local markets. If it’s simple and carefree you want in “opt in” dealing Boston, now you got it.

Tags: Benzion Aboud, Boston tourism, Boston travel, budget coupons, budget offerings, coupons, Daily Deals, deals, local, local merchants, local travel, national deals, Saveology, travel deals, Yahoo! Local

Troopswap Aims to Be Daily Deals for Soldiers [Video]

2011-07-29 by Phil Butler

TroopSwap Co-Founders Blake Hall and Matthew Thompson with Second Lady Dr. Jill Biden

Troopswap.com, an innovative deal network for military service people and vets, has announced a 925 thousand dollar round of funding from angel investors. The funding will be used to further expand Troopswap’s innitiatives from Hampton Roads, Virginia, to Washington DC and San Diego, California.

Tags: Afghanistan veterans, Blake Hall, Carrie Undewood, Daily Deals, Iraq veterans, Matthew Thompson, military deals, Military families, Skydive Suffolk, startups, travel deals, travel startups, US Military, US servicemen, veterans, Wounded Warrior Project

Tours4Fun and Hop2 Flight Search Partner

2011-07-27 by Phil Butler

Tours4 Fun and Hop2 flight plan

In budget travel news, sightseeing tour company, Tours4Fun, announced a new partnership with Hop2 Travel for offering direct access for affordable flights. The Los Angeles based tour company will also add Hop2 offerings like car rentals, hotels, and even cruises for their clients. Argo takes a look at this news bit to evaluate some OTA corporate moves – is this news or not? Let’s see.

Tags: flight search, flights, Hop2 Travel, Kayak, OTA's, tour companies, Tours4Fun, travel companies, travel deals, US travel, US travel deals

Concur Invests Confidence and Money in Yapta

2011-07-21 by Phil Butler

Yapta refunds

In travel technology news today, Concur, an integrated travel and expense management company, announced a $5 million dollar investment in the Yapta airfare and hotel rate tracking service. Accordingly, Cloncur will now use Yapta exclusively for their TripIt Pro user accounts.

Tags: airline deals, airline refunds, Concur, funding, hotel deals, investment, refunds, Richard MacManus, ticket prices, travel deals, travel investment, travel iteneraries, travel startups, travel tools, TripIt, Yapta

Oyster Travel Reviews’ Latest Pearl – Oyster Shots

2011-06-30 by Phil Butler

Oyster image search

Oyster.com, one of the most innovative travel review entities in the world, announces what they term “Oyster Shots” – a first ever photo powered hotel search engine.

Tags: high def photos, hotel photos, hotel reviews, Oyster reviews, Oyster Shots, travel deals, travel photos, travel reviews, travel search, travel search engine, travel tools, travel websites

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