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Travel sites receive 50% of visits from travel media & referral sites

July 24, 2008 | Online Travel

According to a new PhoCusWright study, just over half of the top 200 travel Web sites in February 2008 were booking Web sites. The remaining were referral and media sites, which attract travel shoppers with expert and traveler-generated reviews, metasearch capabilities, and maps of travel destinations. more...

American Airlines ditches Kayak

July 24, 2008 | Online Travel

American Airlines is about to pull its airline listings out of Kayak and is considering doing the same with Orbitz. If it does so, other airlines such as Continental and Northwest may follow suit. more...

New ebookers website launches in Belgium

July 24, 2008 | Online Travel

ebookers has re-launched its Belgian website on a new global technology platform that offers its customers greater functionality and a better user experience. more...

ITB Asia �sold out�

July 24, 2008 | Hospitality Industry

Floor space at the inaugural ITB Asia, 22-24 October in Singapore, has been sold out three months ahead the show. Organizer, Messe Berlin, says that any new exhibitor applications will have to join a waiting list and cannot be guaranteed floor space. more...

Beijing hotel rates fall, bookings edging up slowly

July 24, 2008 | Hospitality Industry

According to Ctrip.com, some hotels in Beijing have cut their room rates by 10-20 percent. Officials of the Beijing Tourism Administration said that more than half the rooms in four-star hotels in Beijing over the Olympic period were still available. more...

Examples of corporate social media in action

July 24, 2008 | Internet Marketing

Lest you think there�s a limit to how you can connect with business and customer facing audiences, Mashable assembled a list of more than 35 companies who are experimenting with social media in a host of different ways. more...