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Posted By:  stuartma
Posted On:  Apr 25, 2008

  It floats!

Tripharbor.com and Tripharbour.ca are both live as of last night. Initial response is very postive . See more over on the Tripharbor blog . What a great feeling... ... [view]

Posted By:  stuartma
Posted On:  Apr 14, 2008

  You can find me at...

I know that I've been pretty quiet over here of late, especially given all the fun and games in the travel sector (a raft of carrier failures, Transat ups and downs, FAA oversight pendulum swings, Royal Caribbean stock rating dropped to junk etc.). But I have been blogging at the shiny...... [view]

Posted By:  stuartma
Posted On:  Sep 21, 2007

  Expedia gets serious top-of-the-funnel religion

Just happened across this: "TripAdvisor also recently announced the acquisition of smartertravel.com, bookingbuddy.com; SeatGuru.com; TravelPod.com; and Travel-Library.com. TripAdvisor also recently announced the acquisition of smartertravel.com, bookingbuddy.com; SeatGuru.com;...... [view]

Posted By:  stuartma
Posted On:  Sep 20, 2007

  TripIt launches

Congrats to former Hotwire (Expedia-purchased) colleague Gregg Brockway on the launch of TripIt.com ( http://www.tripit.com ) at the TechCrunch40 event happening this week in California. TripIt is a kind of pull-it-together travel itinerary tool, whereby you can make reservations in...... [view]

Posted By:  stuartma
Posted On:  Jun 19, 2007

  Expedia to launch massive share buy-back: FT - UPDATED

Hardly shocking to read that IAC -controlled Expedia is possibly looking to buy-back $3.5 billion in stock or up to 42% of the company at an offer of $30/share. The Financial Times also reports that there are rumours the company may spin out it’s TripAdvisor unit and eliminate up to 400...... [view]

Posted By:  stuartma
Posted On:  Jun 19, 2007

  Expedia to launch massive share buy-back: FT

Hardly shocking to read that IAC -controlled Expedia is possibly looking to buy-back $3.5 billion in stock or up to 42% of the company at an offer of $30/share. The Financial Times also reports that there are rumours the company may spin out it’s TripAdvisor unit and eliminate up to 400...... [view]

Posted By:  Sourisencoree
Posted On:  Jun 19, 2007

  Korean dolls

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Posted By:  Sourisencoree
Posted On:  Jun 19, 2007

  Traditional music and dance @ Dano Festival in Hanok Village, Chungmuro, Seoul

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Posted By:  stuartma
Posted On:  Jun 16, 2007

  Welcome TVTrip.com

Congratulations to my former Expedia Europe colleagues on the launch of TVTrip.com , a bilingual (so far) video rich travel comparison site. The team , including Marc Ruff - former head of Expedia France, Anja Keckeisen - former head of Expedia Germany, and Fabien Bourdier - Marc's Number Two...... [view]

Posted By:  stuartma
Posted On:  Jun 15, 2007

  "Ask the agent"

I don't know why I'm noticing more travel related stuff these days, but I am. This one caught my eye, from The Canadian Travel Press , a travel industry publication, with a primarily retail travel agent readership. The piece asks several travel agents across Canada the following question (and...... [view]

Posted By:  stuartma
Posted On:  Jun 14, 2007

  I'm in the Globe and Mail talking about WestJet

I share a few thoughts about WestJet's challenge to expand distribution in the US, and add new routes. The story is here . The Star Alliance comment is true, but the real issues are deeper than what the reporter was able to fit into the story. Firstly, the real strength of Star Alliance...... [view]

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