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| Travelsky changes fee model |
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| Chinese GDS starts charging agents based on transaction volume, major players like Ctrip face major cost hike |
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Chinese GDS, Travelsky, is changing its travel agents' fee model from fixed-terminal charges to one that's based on transaction volumes.
Industry observers say this will have serious implications for companies such as Ctrip which, according to PhoCusWright estimates, sells every tenth air ticket in China, aggregating air bookings of about $2.5 billion. In 2008, Ctrip booked over 14 million air tickets, more than a 350% increase from its 2005...MORE |
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The interplay between social media and search
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| A report sheds light on how social media can influence search behaviour. |
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What is the connection between social media and its influences on search behaviour? A study, produced by GroupM Search, comScore and M80, sheds light on how social media plays an intertwined role with search marketing predominantly in the paid search space
Said Robbie Hills, CEO of GroupM Search, "The research explored the correlation between social media exposure and search behavior over a three month period across different verticals, including automotive, consumer packaged goods and telecommunications...MORE |
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| SoutheastAsia.org to help travellers search ASEAN content |
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| A high-tech travel website, SoutheastAsia.org, will serve as the anchor for a new destination marketing campaign for Southeast Asia. |
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| When launched on January 25, the site will allow users to research, plan, and book multiple-destination trips to and within the 10 member countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). It will also have a special section for travel agents and others in the travel trade....MORE |
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OTAs top among travel agents' key concerns
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| Travel agents in Hong Kong and Philippines focus on targeting new businesses while Japanese agents want to improve efficiency, Amadeus survey finds |
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According to recent surveys conducted at Amadeus' Power Breakfast events held across Asia Pacific, the key concerns faced by travel agents are the competition from online travel agents, the general travel downturn, and ways to generate more revenue in 2010.
The majority of respondents from Hong Kong and the Philippines felt that the competition from online travel agents was the most pressing issue, while respondents from Japan see the general downturn in travel as their key challenge. ..MORE |
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| Tnooz predictions for 2010 - the biggest and best list in travel tech
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| After what has been a terrible year for many in the travel, tourism and hospitality industry, will 2010 bring commercial joy to the sector or simply more of the same as companies dig in for further financial pressure? |
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| What are some of the social and mobile trends likely to impact on travel consumers? And is the industry well placed to handle changes in airline and hotel distribution?....MORE |
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