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Tripmela launches rate comparison engine in India (eyefortravel.com) Tripmela.com has launched Searchmela for Hotels, a search engine that allows consumers to compare hotel rates from multiple websites from one web page.
Booking.com Offers Smaller Hotels and Inns an Affordable Direct Online Tool to Drive Bookings (Centre Daily Times) Booking.com, the international online hotel reservation service that is part of priceline.com (Nasdaq: PCLN), announced today the launch of a new service that will allow Hotels of any size, including smaller properties, inns and B&Bs, to offer direct bookings through their own websites.
Southwest appoints VP for strategy and change leadership (eyefortravel.com) Southwest Airlines has appointed Kathleen Wayton as VP - strategy and change leadership. In her new position, Wayton will be responsible for providing executive leadership and direction for the company's strategy, change leadership, and portfolio management teams.
Discover Meredith Vieira's Azores: New Packages with Air & Hotel to the Dramatic Islands of the Azores (PRWeb via Yahoo! News) Who says Europe is not affordable? Azores Express, with year-round flights from Boston to Portugal's Azores Islands, is offering new hotel and air packages this fall and winter that start at $709 per person. To reserve, call 800-762-9995 or visit www.sata.pt for more details.
IHG strengthens Holiday Inn portfolio in the first half (eyefortravel.com) Holiday Inn and Holiday Inn Express signed a combined 203 hotels (24,327 rooms) globally the first half of 2008. With this, InterContinental Hotels Group has sustained the momentum from a record year in 2007 when the brands signed a combined 524 deals (63,431 rooms).
Microsoft increases its focus on commercial search (eyefortravel.com) Microsoft is restructuring its Search Business Group to create a new group focused on commercial search. Jeff Kelisky, formerly CEO of Multimap, has been appointed as General Manager of commercial search to lead the worldwide business for commercial search.
Ctrip.com ties up with Google (eyefortravel.com) Online travel company Ctrip.com has tied up with Google to develop e-map and the ranking service Google Rebang. As per the information available, the Chinese website will integrate its own data to launch the travel top lists jointly with the Google Rebang, offering travel references for customers.
WorldMate launches hotel booking capability, ties up with hotels.com (eyefortravel.com) WorldMate, Inc. has partnered with hotels.com to enable users to book travel securely on their mobile phones without requiring a phone call. WorldMate, a provider of mobile travel services for frequent travelers, shared that Blackberry users can now book hotel rooms directly within WorldMate Live.
lastminute.com appoints Drew Robinson as Head of Country Distribution (eyefortravel.com) Online travel and leisure retailer lastminute.com has appointed former Hotel Reservation Services Partnership Manager Drew Robinson as Head of Country Distribution (UK).
TripAdvisor launches site in India (eyefortravel.com) Travel community TripAdvisor has launched its local Indian site, www.tripadvisor.in. The site will offer localised features, reviews and recommendations.
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