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FlightSearch.com: An Interesting Twist on Search Aggregation
Does the world really need another search aggregation website? Well, we are about to find out. FlightSearch.com has gone live (in beta) with an interesting approach to searching multiple travel sites.

Buy your hotel room or car with SkyMiles at Delta.com
While trolling around Delta.com this afternoon looking to burn some of our hard-earned SkyMiles we came across a new (or re-launched) feature called the SkyMiles Marketplace

Facebook Ads let you target Friends of your Fans
Do you have a Facebook Page, Group or Event? If you do, you will be super excited about the new opportunity Facebook is providing today.

Trip Advisor makes a cash grab with enhanced Business Listings, can small business afford not to inv
TripAdvisor is leveraging the power of its network of travelers… some 25 Million Monthly users in order to pull cash from the wallets of business listing members.

Congress Hearing on Cuba Travel Ban
At 10.00 am on Nov 19, 2009, the U.S. House Committee on Foreign Affairs is going to hold a hearing titled ‘Is it Time to Lift the Ban on Travel to Cuba?

Planet Hollywood Hotel Mirrors JetBlue’s All You Can Jet Pass
Over the weekend, we noticed an interesting promotion from the Planet Hollywood Hotel in Las Vegas that reminds us of JetBlue’s wildly successful (at least on the PR side) All You Can Jet Pass.

Now is the time for Hotels to Outsource!
Whenever we use the word outsourcing in the hotel industry we get a bit of a strange reaction.


My Twitter Digest for the Past Week 2009-11-16
Updated my rant on the Social Media Revolution video http://j.mp/7zRbc as @equalman redeemed himself with Social Media ROI vid #
UK’s winter wonderland opens for Christmas
No childhood memory quite matches the magic of meeting Father Christmas. And LaplandUK is the nearest you’ll find this side of the Arctic Circle.

Interview with Joobili boss Jared Salter - Part 2 - timed search, refinement and turnips
This is part 2 of my interview with Jared Salter, CEO of time based travel discovery and inspiration company Joobili (pictured here to the right of Joobili Co-founder Tamas Gabor).

Two Biggest Hotel Chains Explore New Industry Move into Teleconferencing
I like it when a business doesn’t define itself too narrowly. So it’s a round of applause this morning for Starwood Hotels and Resorts and Marriott International as they get into the teleconferencing game.