The most exclusive ways to travel the world

For an exclusive, luxury, travel experience tourists will have to dig deep into their pockets. The online travel portal HolidayCheck has searched the market to bring together the top exclusive trips, for those that can afford an extra special holiday.
Luxury Yacht in Monaco – ₤640,000
Sip Champagne like the high society, while sailing in the Mediterranean [...]

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China’s online travel services on the rise

The Mid-Autumn Festival and National Day holiday this year caused problems for some employees because working days and rest days were split. However, it had little effect on sales of flights and hotel bookings as China’s burgeoning travel market enjoyed a seasonal boom. The country’s largest online travel agent, Ctrip.com International Ltd, said the number of orders [...]

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Budget hotel group launches Twitter based concierge service

To access Premier Inn’s weekend Twitter concierge service, guests must tweet @PremierInn concierge and simply ask for recommendations on anything from local activities for the kids, karaoke bars in the area, directions to the local theatre and the likes.
Premier Inn has announced it will be introducing an innovative Twitter-based ‘virtual’ concierge service for its guests, [...]

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Expedia on hotel pricing and other trends

As the International Society of Hospitality Consultants began looking toward the second decade of the 21st century, members in attendance at the group’s annual conference heard some interesting observations regarding where the travel-and-tourism industry is heading.
Approximately 150 consultants attended the event at the InterContinental Montelucia Resort & Spa, and opening day speakers addressed the conference’s [...]

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How to find travel deals on Facebook and Twitter

Savvy travelers have been looking to Facebook, Twitter, Loopt, Foursquare, and other social media sites to find the latest available bargains from airlines, tour providers, cruise lines, hotels, and restaurants. Even convention and visitors’ bureaus have gotten in on the action.
They sound too good to be true: $10 flights. $93/night hotels in Miami (including a [...]

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Hotel bookings on airline sites increase by 38%

According to a new SITA study, there has been a dramatic year-on-year growth in the percentage of passengers using airline websites to book hotels, up from 21% in 2009, to 38% in this year’s survey.
The most comprehensive global survey ever undertaken of passenger use of air transport self-service technology has found popular demand is now [...]

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A Match Made in Hollywood: TripAdvisor Basks in Newlywed Bliss Naming Top 10 Celebrity Honeymoon Hotels

Romantic Locales, Privacy and VIP Service Set the Stage for A-List Honeymooners
TripAdvisor®, the world’s largest travel site*, today announced its list of the top ten celebrity honeymoon hotels, as identified by TripAdvisor editors.  When it comes to celebrating their weddings, TripAdvisor has learned that celebrities spare no expense in selecting the perfect accommodations that are [...]

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Facebook versus Google Travel, the upcoming travel wars?

With Expedia, Orbitz, and other online travel stocks hovering just above the basement, news of Facebook and Google dancing around the travel niche cannot be thrilling. Online travel is about to take off like a rocket. For some that is.

Google’s announcement of the acquisition of ITA signaled the cocking of the proverbial hammer, if you [...]

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TripAdvisor now world’s largest travel website

According to comScore data, TripAdvisor leads now the way with the highest number of unique montly website visitors in the online travel segment – more than 35 million unique visitors from across the globe, a frew million more than the next largest site, Expedia.

TripAdvisor, for long the world’s largest travel community website has now also [...]

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How to create a sales driven hotel website

Nowadays the web has become a powerful search engine tool for travelers. Your website is your best sales representative, therefore it is important for it to provide the proper tools to engage lookers and turn them into bookers.

By Pedro Colaco GuestCentric President and CEO
Nowadays the web has become a powerful search engine tool for travelers. [...]

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