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Category Archives: Travel
AirTran and Southwest Audience Compatibility
March 24, 2011
AirTran’s shareholders approved Southwest Airlines’ proposed acquisition on Wednesday, which was originally announced last year in September. The buyout will expand Southwest’s lead in market share of visits online among airlines, where their website already consistently ranks first in the... Continue reading...
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Posted by Heather Dougherty at 06:39 PM
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In Categories Acquisition | Airlines | Demographics | Travel
Summer Brings Canadian Travel Opportunities
June 28, 2010
Heading into the season for summer vacations, visits to a PhoCusWright Canada Travel custom category comprised of 720 websites are up 6% for the week ending June 26, 2010 as compared to the previous week. The sub-categories within Travel that... Continue reading...
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Posted by Heather Dougherty at 05:11 PM
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In Categories Canada | Travel
United and Continental Merger
May 03, 2010
United and Continental Airlines announced their plans to merge today and the combination of the two airlines will create the world's largest carrier in terms of passenger traffic. Together United and Continental will surpass Delta with 21% of seats in... Continue reading...
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Posted by Heather Dougherty at 12:52 PM
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In Categories Airlines | Travel
Online luxury travel flash sales
April 26, 2010
Flash sales online have continued to grow in popularity, particularly in the apparel and home categories as new entrants emerge to compete with Gilt Groupe, RueLaLa, HauteLook and others. Visits to a custom category of 17 websites offering Online Flash... Continue reading...
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Posted by Heather Dougherty at 03:26 PM
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In Categories Luxury | Travel
Airfare impact on Thanksgiving travel plans
November 23, 2009
Last week at the PhocusWright conference in Orlando, Florida, I had the pleasure of presenting with Rick Seaney, the CEO of FareCompare. One topic that we discussed is the impact of changing airfares and capacity upon the upcoming Thanksgiving travel... Continue reading...
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Posted by Heather Dougherty at 12:30 PM
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In Categories Airlines | Thanksgiving | Travel
Will Swine Flu Wipe Out Mexico Vacations?
May 01, 2009
The current economic conditions has impacted the travel industry and according to PhoCusWright, revenues are projected to decline 3% to reach $93 billion for the online leisure/unmanaged business travel market in 2009 (the first decline since tracking began in 1998).... Continue reading...
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Posted by Heather Dougherty at 04:51 PM
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In Categories Economy | Travel
TripAdvisor launches flight searches
February 27, 2009
Today TripAdvisor launched a new section on the website to provide users with the functionality to search for flights and compare prices. This latest offering provides TripAdvisor with an opportunity to drive additional revenue through advertising revenue on the pages... Continue reading...
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Posted by Heather Dougherty at 03:45 PM
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JetBlue eBay Auctions
September 17, 2008
Last week, JetBlue held a week long auction on eBay to sell over 300 airline tickets and vacation packages. All of the travel needs to be completed by October 6th, so these auctions provided an opportunity for JetBlue to quickly... Continue reading...
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Posted by Heather Dougherty at 08:52 AM
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In Categories Travel | eBay
Cheaper accommodations more attractive for summer vacations
May 22, 2008
With the coming of Memorial Day weekend and the summer travel season getting underway, there are a lot of concerns about the impact of tightened budgets upon the travel industry. One stat mentioned in an article from CNN Money yesterday... Continue reading...
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Posted by Heather Dougherty at 10:53 AM
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