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Travel Channel.Com Makes Return Flight

The Travel Channel has re-launched their Web site and has partnered with travel search firm SideStep Inc. The site has a new design, navigation and search pages allowing users to find information on specific destinations.

Yahoo India Looking for Travel Partner

Business Standard has reported that Yahoo! India is looking for a partner in India to offer travel related services. George Zacharias, MD, Yahoo! India has said that “We want to be in this space and we should be finalising our partner pretty soon.”

Taxes, Travel On Your Mind Online

A pair of opposing ideas have been occupying web surfers as they cruise the Internet: the desire to ditch the office for a week in the sun, and the need to pay Uncle Sam his annual due with the money you might otherwise use for that vacation.

How Search is Like Travel

I've written in this space before about Web site searcher behavior, but I don't think I've ever talked about how it feels to search. To do so, I think it helps for us to compare the way it feels to search for information to the way it feels to search for a physical destination. I believe that we human beings have many of the same neurons firing when we engage in those two tasks. So, how is searching like traveling? I think it's all about feeling "in control."

A Look At The Online Travel Market

When it comes to making travel arrangements 37 percent of consumers choose to go online and use a suppliers Web site directly while 20 percent of consumers use online travel agency Web sites. Still 43 percent of consumers say “It depends” which option they will choose according to a survey by market research firm eVOC Insights and RelevantView.

Majority of Vacationers Plan Trips Online

A report published by eMarketer shows that 58% of vacation planners are planning their trips online. Conversely, only 23% of respondents made use of travel agents in their holiday plans.

Internet Marketing Spend

It's not slowing down, it's just diversifying.

JD Edwards, Red Hat, Oracle vs SAP Growth...

News on Applications Unlimited - Oracle's plan to enhance JD Edwards, Oracle, PeopleSoft and Siebel applications on an on-going basis.

BlogBurst Puts Blogs In The News

Prominent online newspaper sites like SFGate.com from the San Francisco Chronicle and other began displaying blog content provided by Pluck's BlogBurst syndication service.

Yahoo Search Marketing Offers Service for Travel Vendors

If you promote any kind of travel services online you'll wan to pay attention. Yahoo Search Marketing (formerly Overture) has launched a new program called "Travel Submit".