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Kony Solutions demonstrates multi-platform mobile development at The Travel Innovation Summit

by PhoCusWright

Guest post by Kony Solutions: Kony Solutions, which provides a Write Once, Run Everywhere mobile platform that enables Fortune 500 companies to offer consumers feature-rich mobile applications in less time and at lower costs than any other solution available, has been selected to demonstrate at The Travel Innovation Summit, taking place at the PhoCusWright Conference (November 16-18, 2010 in Phoenix,... 



Breakthrough loyalty program Stash Hotel Rewards to present at The Travel Innovation Summit

by PhoCusWright

Guest post by Stash Hotel Rewards: Everyone’s been told that “getting there is half the fun.” But what about the other half? The being there half? The promise of landing smack-dab in the middle of fun (or adventure or excitement or just something new) is why we put ourselves in motion. It’s why we go to such lengths and hassle to temporarily uproot ourselves from the places we call... 



FlyMuch will reveal their technology at The Travel Innovation Summit

by PhoCusWright

FlyMuch, Inc. is planning to unveil a unique solution for travel consumers live at The Travel Innovation summit. Currently in stealth mode, FlyMuch aims to help travelers make smarter buying decisions by providing them with the intelligence they need. FlyMuch will be demonstrating their travel solution live onstage at The Travel Innovation Summit. An audience of travel executives, investors and media... 



Vayant to present at The Travel Innovation Summit – The New Frontier in Air Ticket Distribution

by PhoCusWright

Guest post by Vayant Travel Technologies Vayant  Travel Technologies has been making headlines recently as the next game-changer in air travel distribution. Since 2007, Vayant has been working on a proprietary fares and pricing engine comprised of over 350,000 lines of code, and developing a suite of products that adds a layer of precision and sophistication to current search modules and the market... 



Frequent Flyer tool, mileBlaster, selected to demonstrate at The Travel Innovation Summit

by PhoCusWright

Frequent flyer programs are anything but simple. Travelers are challenged with understanding and remembering the fine print for every program they join – how miles are awarded, redemption rules, and expirations. An new app called mileBlaster solves this problem by tracking your miles, sending expiration alerts and finding mile bonuses. mileBlaster is an innovative solution to the miles mess and is... 



Which Travel Innovations Rocked Your World?

by PhoCusWright

Nominate your favorite travel innovation Every so often a new travel technology, product or solution disrupts business as usual and sets the tone for the future of our industry. PhoCusWright is scanning the travel industry again for the top travel innovators to participate in The Travel Innovation Summit at The PhoCusWright Conference November 16 – 18 in Phoenix, Arizona USA. Over thirty innovative... 



PhoCusWright’s Top 10 Travel Innovation and Technology Trends

by PhoCusWright

Despite the economic downturn, major corporations continued to invest in research and development (R&D) in 2009. This activity has created a rich landscape of innovation for the travel industry. Myriad new technologies hold the potential to drive change and create business value for travel companies in the next several years. Learn more: Travel Innovation and Technology Trends: 2010 and Beyond  



How Avatar will change the travel industry

by Charles Snyder

Among the immense volumes of content and entertainment we consume on a daily basis, finding one item that promises to have a lasting impact on our culture is truly a story of a needle in a haystack. In the case of the Avatar blockbuster we are only beginning to see the story unfold. Looking back it’s easy to see the true impact of other movies. Imagine Star Wars’ impact on the technologies we take... 



The Travel Innovation Summit@The PhoCusWright Conference 2009

by PhoCusWright

 



The Best OTA Innovations

by Douglas Quinby

From time to time I go back and have a look at the amazing thread of quotes and comments from a bevy of travel industry thought-leaders on Dennis Schaal’s blog (Dennis now writes for Tnooz). The discussion is about the “legacy” OTAs, or online travel agencies, and their lack of innovation around the online travel planning and shopping experiece. I agree with much of what’s written here. The...