Expedia to part company with Trip Advisor
Online travel giant Expedia has unveiled plans to spin off its TripAdvisor brand in a deal that could value the popular user reviews site at $4bn.
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Lastminute campaign positions brand as ‘more than an online travel retailer’
Lastminute.com is launching a new, pan-European marketing campaign to position the brand as the ultimate online leisure, entertainment and travel retailer.
Consumers see online shopping as ‘greener alternative to high street’
The majority of UK shoppers (72.9%) consider online shopping to be more environmentally friendly than shopping in the high street, which represents a 25% increase on 2009-10, according to new research.
UK to lead European online retail boom, despite economic gloom
Despite the challenging economy, European online retail sales grew 18% in 2010, and will grow 13% in 2011, reaching €92 billion, with the UK leading the pack, according to a new report.
Brits spend £5.1bn on online travel sites in January
The latest figures from the IMRG Capgemini e-Retail Sales Index reveal that shoppers in the UK spent a total of £5.1 billion online during January, equivalent to £83 per person; an impressive 21% more than the same time last year.
New service offers one-stop shop for international rail tickets
Dolphin Dynamics and SilverRail Technologies have established a partnership that will enable UK domestic and international rail tickets to be researched and via the Dolphin reservation platform.
Firms opting for web conferencing over face-to-face meetings
Businesses across the globe will increasingly rely on web conferencing instead of traveling to meet face-to-face in a bid to cut costs in the aftermath of the recession, according to a new study.
British holiday-planners ‘drowning in sea of online research’
Two thirds of online Brits (67%) are now using the Internet to research, source and plan their holidays both here in the UK and abroad, according to the latest research from Memonic, the free web based note-taking software company, and YouGov.
Umpf PR woos new clients with £1,000 Foursquare discount
PR and social media agency Umpf has created a new campaign offering what it claims to be ‘the UK’s most lucrative Foursquare check-in’ to mark its office move.
Kazoo Travel site lets holidaymakers haggle with vendors
Kazoo Travel, a new holiday shopping website that lets users negitioate on price with vendors, has launched in the UK with almost 100 travel agents have signed up.