Tag Archives : Travelocity

One of the biggest names in the technology world and the global search behemoth, Google Inc. has now officially stepped in to the travel industry with the launch of an all new service called, Google Hotel Finder. Though the web is full of online hotel search services, yet the emergence of Google in this field has certainly spread much anticipated [...]

One of the biggest names in online travel bookings, Travelocity, has now announced that, it has signed a new contract with Yahoo! Inc. in an effort to expands its exclusive booking deals with one of the oldest Internet entities in the world. As per the deal, Travelocity will maintain its status as the default exclusive booking provider for all air, [...]

RackUp is a new start up that was presented at the TechCrunch50 conference. It aims to disrupt the $100 billion gift card market by venturing into the online auction platform. The auctions work on the principle of who bids first, and if a person bids first and loads of people come later, his particular bid would have more value. The idea seems to be [...]

As far as marketing strategies are concerned, all three travel sites (Travelocity, Expedia, and Orbitz) are customized, personalized, user-friendly, and all contain promotional gimmicks. They are all presentable websites, physically appealing, and have interactive component for customization, and feedback mechanisms. All three also have customer support [...]

New York City needs no introduction but with recession time looming all over, the NYC & Co. The NYC Company has teamed up with Google and Travelocity to create a new tourism related website and a grand new 200sq ft visitor’s centre. The visitor’s centre is equipped with interactive tables and kiosks. Google Earth’s technical capabilities [...]