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Kayak Takes on the Big Guys
Kayak recently launched an updated version of its popular iPhone app. However, it is not the new app that has created a buzz around Kayak, it is the meta-morphosis of their business model the app signifies.
Kayak plans to offer booking facilitation via mobile device, and eventually the Web site as well (Private Sale has already [...]
HolidayCheck China goes online and receives its first hotel review
Travel portal HolidayCheck breaks another distance barrier by further increasing its international websites. The latest to go online is Chinese HolidayCheck.cn. Chinese holidaymakers can now read and even write reviews in their own language. Booking hotel rooms will soon be possible too. This move places the largest European review portal on a market of over [...]
TripAdvisor Reveals America’s Sexiest Hotels
TripAdvisor®, the world’s most popular and largest travel community, today announced the top 10 sexiest hotels in America, based on TripAdvisor editors and travelers. From seductive city dwellings, to bewitching beach-side escapes, these properties offer serious va-va-voom for Valentine’s vacationers seeking a sultry sanctuary a deux.
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Can TripAdvisor hotel reviews be trusted?
If websites like TripAdvisor are riddled with fake reviews, where will the traveller go for authentic advice, asks Charles Starmer-Smith.
I used to wax lyrical about TripAdvisor. It represented citizen journalism at its best. Instead of glossy brochures and toned-down guidebook reviews, travellers suddenly had access to real warts’n’all accounts, from real people, paying real money. [...]
Hotel Rates are Back on the Rise
Average hotel prices in Europe for a standard double are 90 pounds in February 2010; three percent more than the previous month. This is the first increase in hotel prices since September 2009 when average rates became more favourable month after month. In comparison to February 2009, hotel prices are seven percent less. These are [...]
Confidence barometer 2010: Most hotel operators cautiously optimistic
Crisis-hit 2009 is over. The hotel sector felt the full force of the global economic collapse. However, it seems the worst is behind us, and confidence is growing in all quarters that 2010 will be a better year.
With this in mind, hotel.info, the free online reservation service for more than 210,000 hotels worldwide, conducted a [...]
TripAdvisor Honors World’s Top Hotels With 2010 Travelers’ Choice Awards
TripAdvisor®, the world’s most trusted source of travel advice, today announced the winners of its 2010 Travelers’ Choice® awards. With 719 properties winning awards this year, the eighth annual competition is the largest ever, including new categories such as trendiest hotels, best relaxation/spas and world’s top hotels by region.
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Booking volumes rise in fourth quarter; noticeable revival in international business
hotel.de AG, one of the leading worldwide online hotel reservation services, can report positive developments in its booking volumes for the fourth quarter of 2009. The initial trend towards recovery already seen in the domestic business in the third quarter was followed by a recovery in the international business as well in the fourth quarter. [...]
Threatened holiday destinations
In the wake of the Copenhagen Climate Change Conference, HolidayCheck draws a list of popular tourism destinations that are threatened by global warming and that are definitely worth a visit before it’s too late.
As one of the oldest cities in the world with an incredible array of architectural monuments, Athens is among the favorite cultural [...]
Priceline.com Releases Its Annual List of Top New Year’s Party Spots
Priceline.com (Nasdaq: PCLN) today released its 6th annual list of top 50 destinations for ringing in the New Year. For the 5th year in a row, Las Vegas is the #1 destination for New Year’s revelers.
Priceline.com also reported today that the average published rate for a 3-star or higher hotel in the U.S. for New [...]
