The tourism industry appears to come across major dificulties for the first time in recent years, writes the Chicago Tribune. Hotels likely will see occupancy rates downtown and nationally drop by 2 percentage points this year, though prices should hold strong.
Some observers see a potentially harsher scenario.
“This is the bow wave, and the rest of [...]

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There is a lot of misleading information about how SEO works. To address some of the more common misperceptions about SEO, iMediaConnection asked several SEO experts to tell them about the most common myths they hear from their clients. To find out more about ’secret tactics’ SEO specialists use, what role PageRank plays in a [...]

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TripAdvisor has acquired VirtualTourist.com, a pioneer in user-generated travel content since 1999, and OneTime.com, a travel booking comparison site.
Including VirtualTourist and OneTime, the TripAdvisor Media Network now attracts nearly 32 million unique monthly visitors.
“VirtualTourist pioneered the concept of an online travel community, and with the help of over a million enthusiastic members, has created a [...]

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Lastminute.com is to upgrade its dynamic packaging technology so any product on the online travel agency’s platform can be sold as a single product, writes Travolution.
The new system will allow users to combine flights, hotels and package holidays with other destination services such as restaurants, activities, attractions and theatre tickets. Until now users have not [...]

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