Asda travel - has it takem off? Title: Asda travel - has it takem off?
Asda, part of the Walmart group, is offering an UK online travel booking service I'm not sure what has motivated Asda to join an overcrowded, very competitive market. They must believe that their...
What's your experience of online travel booking?
Title: What's your experience of online travel booking?
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Filed in archive Travel Industry , consumer issues by Karen Bryan on March 29, 2008
© Katie@! Evidently 90% of UK online shoppers have experienced problems when making a purchase during the last year. I must admit I'm one of them. It's a mainly travel that I purchase online....
Travelscope's Trading Activities Suspended
Title: Travelscope's Trading Activities Suspended
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Filed in archive News , News & Updates , Sea Travel , Travel Industry by Melissa Petri on December 26, 2007
photo Here's an important advisory to all passengers and customers of Travelscope Holidays Limited. Travelscope announced last December 24 that "all trading activites have been...
My Travel Wishlist
Title: My Travel Wishlist
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Filed in archive Travel Industry by Melissa Petri on September 23, 2007
Standardization of Hotel Star Ratings. If there is a standard guideline or a common star giving body (sounds like an Emmy!) to monitor the star ratings, travelers can really rely on getting the kind...
UK Travel Advisory
Title: UK Travel Advisory
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Filed in archive Travel Industry by Melissa Petri on September 14, 2007
Travel Advisories provide information regarding the present status quo in other countries. Smart travelers usually check travel advisories for news on disease outbreaks, security issues and/or other...
Second Life Travel is Now Possible
Title: Second Life Travel is Now Possible
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Filed in archive Travel Industry by Melissa Petri on August 30, 2007
Second Life 101 Second Life is a downloadable program which allows users to interact online with other uses. Imagine yourself as a moving avatar (much like the characters in SIMS), existing in the...
otbeach.com
Title: otbeach.com
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Filed in archive Travel Industry by Melissa Petri on May 31, 2007
photo Do you want to know where to find the best holidays and deals around the world? On the Beach, your Internet travel agent will keep you updated so you'll never miss out on the best deals....
A Different Kind of Travel Adventure
Title: A Different Kind of Travel Adventure
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Filed in archive Travel Industry by Melissa Petri on April 13, 2007
If the kind of travel adventure you seek borders on the sick, raise your hands. I doubt that I'd be getting a lot of hands but, hey, nothing is going to stop me from featuring these strange...
Lost Luggages
Title: Lost Luggages
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Filed in archive Travel Industry by Melissa Petri on April 05, 2007
You stand beside the luggage carousel and wait for your bag to finally come out so that you can go on with your plans. You wait patiently until you realize that everyone has already left and the...
Terminal 5 of Heathrow Airport
Title: Terminal 5 of Heathrow Airport
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Filed in archive Travel Industry by Melissa Petri on March 31, 2007
Next year, UK air travellers can heave a sigh of relief as Terminal 5 of Heathrow Airport opens. On March 27, 2008, Terminal 5 will serve as the new home for British Airways. That means, all the other...
site59 becomes lastminute.com
Title: site59 becomes lastminute.com
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Filed in archive Travel Industry by Melissa Petri on March 07, 2007
Named for the 59th minute, site59 is a last-minute travel aggregator which crawls through an inventory of thousands of travel suppliers. Owned by travelocity since 2002, site59 will soon cease to be...
Backscatter X-rays in Airports
Title: Backscatter X-rays in Airports
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Filed in archive Travel Industry by Melissa Petri on February 28, 2007
Backscatter X-rays could be the next possible addition to airport security, as reported by the Sun. What exactly is a backscatter X-ray? Well, think of Superman. It can see through your clothes. It is...
Different Reasons for Travelling
Title: Different Reasons for Travelling
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Filed in archive Travel Industry by Melissa Petri on November 06, 2006
Why do we travel? We all have different reasons for packing our bags, using our passport, taking the plane and/or going to another country. According to this guy, the real reasons why people travel...
Credit Card Use by Britons to Pay for Holidays
Title: Credit Card Use by Britons to Pay for Holidays
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Filed in archive Travel Industry by Melissa Petri on September 07, 2006
Did you know that, collectively, Britons have borrowed £9 billion to pay for their holidays? Apparently, 57% of Britons have used their credit cards to pay for their holidays. Average amount charged...
A room with a different view
Title: A room with a different view
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Filed in archive Travel Industry by Sabrina Dent on July 04, 2006
Major online hotel reservation aggregators like Hotels.com and Expedia can leave travellers still searching if what you're after is something a little bit different - an Austrian castle, for...
UK Travel Websites Flunk the Test
Title: UK Travel Websites Flunk the Test
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Filed in archive Travel Industry by Sabrina Dent on June 20, 2006
According to a recent survey, 37% of Britons - or a whopping 16.4 million UK residents - now prefer to book flights and holidays online. But how good is the customer service behind the automated...
London's Luxury Travel Fair Ahoy
Title: London's Luxury Travel Fair Ahoy
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Filed in archive Travel Industry by Sabrina Dent on June 09, 2006
Conde Nast Traveller and British Airways are teaming up to sponsor the first annual Luxury Travel Fair in the UK market, bringing exotic far flung destinations to the rather grungy environs of Olympia...
Where Good Hotels Go to Die
Title: Where Good Hotels Go to Die
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Filed in archive Hotels , Travel Industry by Sabrina Dent on June 07, 2006
It may not be Plaza Hotel's renovation sale (God, the deals on the flatwear were fabulous) but when hotels redecorate or close down, their unneeded furniture goes to Hotel Surplus, a hotel stock...
Hampton Inn: Most Idiotic Online Campaign Ever
Title: Hampton Inn: Most Idiotic Online Campaign Ever
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Filed in archive Travel Industry by Sabrina Dent on June 05, 2006
Were I handing out awards for Worst Hotel Marketing Campaign Ever, it would go to Hampton Inn's new Hampton Bed Heads campaign. The hotel apparently has some fantastic new beds they'd like us...
We know your credit cards inside and out
Title: We know your credit cards inside and out
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Filed in archive Travel Industry by Sabrina Dent on June 03, 2006
Online giant Hotels.com says they "know hotels inside and out" but at this point their customers may be more concerned with how much they know about data encryption. According to CNN,...
Periodicals for the Lost
Title: Periodicals for the Lost
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Filed in archive Travel Industry by Sabrina Dent on May 31, 2006
The extremely strange boffins at b3ta bring us Marooned Monthly, the new magazine for castaways: This month's premier issue features Pineapples and Grass: Desert island Cuisine and Ugga Booga...
Mission: Morning News
Title: Mission: Morning News
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Filed in archive Destination: Europe , Destination: US , Travel Industry by Sabrina Dent on May 30, 2006
I don't know about you, but I like that peculiar arrangement of hotel interiors that allows you to successfully bounce the morning news from the telly to the mirror over the desk to the bathroom...
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