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Posts by: Patricia Jenkins
Orbitz Blogger Day
Oct 02, 2009; No CommentOrbitz Blogger Day By Whit Honea, Vacations Blog Editor Orbitz Worldwide hosted their first annual Blogger’s Day early this week at their headquarters in the beautiful city of Chicago. Orbitz was an incredibly gracious host and really went out... Read more »
Travel Insights 100 Launches First Survey, “All About Twitter”
Sep 25, 2009; 3 CommentsOn Monday, September 21, 1009, Travel Insights 100 officially launched, it is officially described as a partnership between UpTake, Sentias and BootsnAll Travel Network. But it is more than that, it is really a partnership of 100 members interested in... Read more »
Hyatt Offers New Jobs to All Fired Boston Housekeepers
Sep 25, 2009; 2 CommentsHyatt responds to outcry The Hyatt responds to the public outcry, just announced they will offer positions to their recently fired staff. “BOSTON (September 25, 2009) – All housekeepers affected by August staff reductions at the three Hyatt... Read more »
Travel Trends: Hotel rates snapshot indicates best time to book a Labor Day Vacation is in… August
Sep 01, 2009; 8 CommentsUpTake delivers hotel reviews and information from across the web UpTake is an enormous warehouse bursting at the seams with hotel information. But we wondered, as travelers’, what is going on with room rates ? We decided to painstakingly create... Read more »
Providing an “Amazon Experience” for Travel by Integrating Blog Content & OTAs
Jun 05, 2009; 3 CommentsMichelle Duffy, an expert on data & blogging & travel Guest writer, Michelle Duffy writes for Wandermom and is a frequent traveler. She also worked for Amazon and as she says, “I worked at Amazon.com for eight years and have thought about... Read more »
Tom Romary, Travel Innovator: Today’s online travel shopping environment – from “static” to “dynamic”
Apr 08, 2009; No CommentDuring the next few months, UpTake will be presenting short takes on travel with industry leaders, influencers and innovators. This post, written by Tom Romary, CEO & Founder of Yapta, first appeared on the Yapta blog. In this article, Romary discusses... Read more »
Orbitz removes consumer air booking fees unexpectedly
Apr 07, 2009; 1 CommentOrbitz cuts fees Just a few weeks ago, Expedia announced they were cutting booking fees. Now, Orbitz just announced that it has eliminated its $7 per ticket air booking fee on single-carrier flights originating in North America (NA) and the Caribbean... Read more »
Travelcom Travel Industry Leader Interview: Eli Goodman, Evangelist for comScore Inc.
Apr 03, 2009; No CommentEli Goodman is the evangelist for comscore.com. He offers insight on the travel behavior in the new travel economy. He offers recommendations and ideas to improve results for online travel. About Eli Goodman “Eli Goodman is the evangelist at Comscore. ... Read more »
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Interview: Travel Innovator, Gregg Brockway of TripIt at Travelcom, 2009
Apr 02, 2009; 3 CommentsGregg Brockway, CEO of TripIt, discusses what keeps him awake at night in today’s economy with Elliott Ng, VP of Marketing at UpTake.com. He believes now is the time for a service like TripIt.com to emerge. His vision of interconnectivity between... Read more »
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Interview with Travel Innovator, Sam Shank of Dealbase at Travelcom, 2009
Apr 02, 2009; 1 CommentSam Shank, CEO of DealBase.com, discusses how he deals in a challenging economy with Elliott Ng, VP of Marketing at UpTake. About Sam Shank–Sam previously founded and was CEO of TravelPost.com, the second-largest hotel review site (after TripAdvisor),... Read more »
