Feature 1: An SEC registration amendment filed by HomeAway Inc., provides new details about its proposed IPO. It’s seeking to raise as much as $216 million by putting out eight million shares priced between $24 and $27 per share.

HomeAway

This pegs HomeAway’s market value at $2.16 billion. HomeAway shares will be listed on NASDAQ under the symbol “AWAY.”

The HomeAway filing claims the company gets 9.5 million unique monthly visitors to its websites and has more than 560,000 paid listings of vacation rentals.

Registration amendment filed by HomeAway – SEC.gov
HomeAway seeking market value as high as $2.16 billion in initial offering – Bloomberg
Big growth expected in vacation rental market - Travel Weekly
Investors pump $90 million into Airbnb clone Wimdu - TechCrunch

Connected Traveler - Amadeus report

Feature 2: How is mobile functionality likely to be used by airlines in the coming years? Find out in a new report, published by Amadeus and developed by Norm Rose of Travel Tech Consulting Inc.

“Airlines across the world currently have an incredibly unique opportunity to use mobile technology; not only for product differentiation but also to allow incremental sales and encourage increased brand,” says Norm Rose. “But crucially, they must also keep pace with ever-changing passenger expectations.”

The always-connected traveler: How mobile will transform the future of air travel - Download full report (see press release)

Here’s the rest of the week’s interesting news:

Google wins big InterContinental Hotels email job - Reuters
Google in court for ignoring Irish hotel’s auto-complete complaint - Open Algorithm

Boeing projects $4 trillion market for 33,500 new airplanes - Boeing
Airbus presents panoramic view of 2050 - Airbus

Airlines collected almost $5.7 billion from fees in 2010 - DOT.gov
AirPlus launches ancillary fee report – AirPlus

AA to save $1.2 million shifting paper flight charts to iPad – AppleInsider
AA claims Sabre is angling for legal cover to bias - Travel Weekly

Distribution ROI closer to reality - HNN
SocialConversion to help hotels engage and convert guests through social media - Sabre Hospitality Solutions

One quarter of hotels not using social media to help increase occupancy – TravelClick
Free internet could save UK business hotel guests £1.4 billion a year – Best Western

AmEx Global Business Travel Monitor: Business travel costs near pre-recession levels - UpTake
Egencia 2011 corporate travel global benchmarking study and travel manager research – ExpediaInc

U.S. State Department launches “Smart Traveler” iPhone app - iTunes
Lonely Planet launches “Globe Tripper” iPhone game – Lonely Planet

Photos – HomeAway, Amadeus

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