BLUE STAR INFOTECH LAUNCHES MOBILE SOLUTIONS FOR TRAVEL & HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY

Leading Travel Distribution Solutions specialist, Blue Star Infotech announced the availability of a suite of Mobile Enablement Solution frameworks for the Travel & Hospitality industry. These are to be demonstrated at the upcoming Travel Technology Show, London, 9 – 10 Feb ’10.

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NANCY AIELLO TOURS LAUNCHES NEW PRIVATE ROME COOKING LESSONS FOR 2010

Nancy Aiello Tours launches its new private 2010 Rome cooking lessons and cookery classes, Rome wine tasting tours and local food markets Rome tour designed to taste the best of Rome local food and culinary mood.

Nancy Aiello Tours is a small boutique Italy travel planning company based in Rome advises leisure & business travelers touring Italy with the finest, most comprehensive tailor-made private Italy tours combined with personalized VIP Italy travel services to enjoy the Italian lifestyle as the Italians do!

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TOTAL TRANSPARENCY AS CUSTOMER REVIEWS GO LIVE ON WAYTOSTAY

Taking the lead in short-stay apartment rentals, WayToStay is now the first online bookings agency for apartments to display customer feedback live on its site. In a bid to maintain its policy of clear information for the customer and improve the service offered by apartment owners, the website is now publishing customer reviews. Positive remarks, as well as things that could be made better, go online as soon as the client hits "send".

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TRADYSO SELECTS RATETIGER FOR AUTOMATED CHANNEL MANAGEMENT

RateTiger, the world’s largest provider of online benchmarking, channel management and revenue management solutions has partnered with Spanish based Tradyso. The collaboration provides customers of Tradyso’s central reservation system (CRS) with bi-directional access to several hundred travel sales channels worldwide.

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BLUE STAR INFOTECH EXHIBITS AT TRAVEL TECHNOLOGY SHOW, UK

Travel Distribution Solutions specialist, Blue Star Infotech will be exhibiting at Travel Technology Show, London on 9 – 10 Feb ’10. Blue Star Infotech’s representatives Mr. Deepak Gupta – General Manager for UK/Europe operations and Mr. Peter Hazel – a travel industry veteran with 40 years experience on all aspects of electronic distribution, will be available for consultation at Booth # A-22.

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RECORD CANARY ISLAND VILLA ONLINE BOOKINGS FOR SOLMAR VILLAS

Solmar Villas, a leading UK specialist for villa holidays, has reported record bookings from their website for the Canary Islands.

A company representative suggested that the increased bookings for their villas in Lanzarote and Fuerteventura is due to the freeze in the UK over the last 3 to 4 weeks along with strong customer promotions. The Canary Islands are one of the nearest warm places to the UK in winter.

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Google - Consumers Researching Earlier and Booking Later

An interesting article in Travel Daily News discusses the study “The Traveler’s Road to Decision,” released by Google and OTX in 2009, which provides valuable insight into online travel research and purchasing trends.

Most people involved in the travel industry are aware that customers are booking later and later as they search for the best deals, however, Google suggests that the average research to booking time is now as long as 18 weeks, especially with leisure travelers. This has major implications for the way that holiday companies market their products online.

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