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Associated New Media, the digital arm of Associated Newspapers, is to enter the online travel market with the launch of www.thisistravel.co.uk in January. The site will act as a research tool, with destination guides to 70 countries and hotel reviews, as well as the ability to book flights,...
LONDON - It is the latest sign that things are going to be different for internet companies in the future as ebookers.com, the online travel group, announces that it is to drop the dotcom appendage from its name.
Thomson, the tour operator, has delayed the launch of its web-only holiday brand Thomson Plus by a month. Technical difficulties mean the site will launch in January. It will offer holidays and services based around specific interests such as sport.
Orient-Express, the luxury travel group, has created a web portal to bring together all its exclusive travel services under one banner for the first time. Orient-Express.com links through to microsites for the company's 27 hotels, six trains, two restaurants and one river cruise ship. The company...
LONDON - Travel company Airtours today unveiled plans to rebrand as MyTravel Group, as it also announced it is to shed 1,600 jobs.
LONDON - Multimap, the world maps website, has beaten low-cost airline Go's site and lastminute.com to the number one spot in the UK's top 10 travel websites, according to a Hitwise survey.
LONDON - Lastminute.com has reported widened full-year losses as a result of costs relating to acquisitions, but remains on track to move into profit in the UK and France within the next six months.
British European is launching a sub-brand called flybe offering discounts on the airline's routes from Belfast to London via a web site, flybe.com. The flybe brand could be extended to all routes if successful.
LONDON - StepStone, the online recruitment agency, has appointed Jan Stenberg, the former CEO of Scandinavian airline SAS, as its new chairman following the resignation of Whitney Bower.
LONDON - AOL Europe and Lastminute.com have signed a two-year deal to integrate Lastminute's booking and search facilities into the AOL portal's travel, entertainment and shop channels.
