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Expedia ’
Dec 6th, 2018 |
By The Editor
Despite what trendy management gurus say, there is still a big demand for package holidays – it is just not as big as it was.
Posted in Travel tips & opinions |
Comments Off on Should you book with Thomas Cook?
Tags: changing travel booking habits, eDreams, Expedia, On the Beach, Thomas Cook, TUI
Sep 7th, 2018 |
By The Editor
Companies have to keep the customer central to development. If that is true and they are not just interested in our wallets then the future may well be in the hands of we passengers.
Posted in Travel tips & opinions |
Comments Off on Will the passenger be king?
Tags: Aviation Festival, Expedia, passenger data, passenger-centric companies, Simpliflying, Uber, Wired
Feb 17th, 2018 |
By Adrian Lawes
AS Cinese New Year gets away Adrian highlights a few places to see the festivities in the UK and Ireland
Posted in Travel news |
Comments Off on Saturday snippets: 17th February 2018
Tags: Aberdeen, Belize, Bermuda, Big Ben/Elizabeth Tower, Birminghma, Caribbean, Chinese New Year, Cyclone Gita, Cyprus., Djibouti, Dublin, Durham Tees Valley Airport, Edinburgh, Ethiopia, Expedia, high speed rail, Loganair, London, Macao, Manchester, Norwich, Singapore, spain, St Lucia, Tonga, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, valencia
Apr 25th, 2016 |
By The Editor
Last week a House of Lords Select Committee suggested that the online travel agencies lack accountability and transparency. They further suggested that they should be scrutinised by competition authorities.
Posted in Travel news |
Comments Off on Are online travel agencies treating us fairly?
Tags: anti-competitive travel pricing, Expedia, online booking sites, online travel agents, Priceline, transparent pricing, TripAdvisor
Mar 27th, 2012 |
By Kaye Holland
A few weeks back the government launched Britain’s first domestic advertising campaign – at the cost of £4million – which saw Stephen Fry and friends wax lyrical about the UK.
Posted in Travel rumblings |
Comments Off on How great are the 2012 deals?
Tags: Anglesey, Benidorm, Bridlington, Cotswolds, Expedia, Harry Potter, Rupert Grint, Stephen Fry, UK
Sep 19th, 2011 |
By Kaye Holland
How can you tell if online reviews are true, before booking your next break?
Posted in Travel news, Travel rumblings |
Comments Off on Online reviews: separating the wheat from the chaff
Tags: Cornwell University, Expedia, The Sunday Times, TripAdvisor
Sep 1st, 2011 |
By The Editor
CD Traveller tells you what’s hot and what’s not in the travel world. This month, Burma and British Airways’ two new initiatives get the thumbs up but the futureisn’t quite so rosy for Trip Advisor and the Travel Bookshop
Posted in Travel tips & opinions |
Comments Off on What’s hot: September 2011
Tags: Alec Baldwin, British Airways, Burma, Expedia, Hugh Grant, Julia Roberts, Notting Hill, Olympics, Phuket, Pilot, service stations, Statue of Liberty, Thailand, The Travel Bookshop, TripAdvisor
Nov 17th, 2009 |
By The Editor
The future of holidays and tourism was one of the last parts of World Travel Market last week.
We had heard a lot about going green, value for money and the need to bring on more hotel rooms and offers for the middle market. Woe betide expansion into the luxury end of the market. The thinking was that more 3 and 4 star hotels were needed. And if the destination isn’t green and pitching strongly for sustainability then tourists would stay away. More travellers would book through packages because that gave them security in these economic times.
Posted in Travel rumblings |
Comments Off on Talking to the Holidaymaker
Tags: Cheapflights, Customer Service, Expedia, World Travel Market