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Nokia, the largest handset manufacturer in the world, and Lonely Planet, the famous travel guidebook publisher, have just announced the availability of Lonely Planet for Nokia Maps 2.0. From now on, Nokia users who love to travel can get Lonely Planet city guides for more than 100 destinations. The guides are inte... |
19 August 2008
06:20 GMT |
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A recent comScore study proves that July is not only the best time of the year to go on vacation, but also the best time to spend your time online on websites that promote leisure goods or services. "The summer months tend to draw Americans to more leisure pursuits and that was certainly the case in July," commented ... |
18 August 2008
03:57 GMT |
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Not long after the release of its Global Navigation service, AT&T has come up with other new offerings for its customers who travel a lot around the globe. More exactly, the largest North American mobile operator now provides new data plans as well as extended roaming coverage. The two new data plans for customers... |
5 August 2008
09:34 GMT |
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Due to its semi-Central European location, Slovenia is easily accessible via a variety of transport means, most notably by air or by car. The capital city of Ljubljana is linked to most European capitals (among which Frankfurt, Vienna, Brussels, Paris, London, Dublin, Amsterdam, Copenhagen, Moscow, Tel Aviv, Istanbul... |
21 April 2008
08:39 GMT |
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If I were to describe Slovenia in just two words, "hidden gem" would definitely be my best guess. This small Central European country is pretty much the geographical and cultural equivalent of the proverbial casket of wonders: relatively small as far as surface goes, Slovenia will make travelers feel they've go... |
21 April 2008
08:25 GMT |
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Two things first: 1. Wow! 2. Finally... what took it so long? It looks like the zeppelin commercial flight will shortly resume with the Manned Cloud airship, which will basically be a flying hotel. The French manufacturing company Massaud argues that, when finished, the airship will be able to carry 40 passengers on ... |
4 February 2008
04:12 GMT |
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Yahoo!'s recent change on its travel information (including pricing) site has pretty much shook that part of the industry. FareChase, the travel site promoted by the Sunnyvale based company, was forced on the market by its biggest competitor's buying of Sidestep. Probably seeing that there is room for one m... |
17 January 2008
13:21 GMT |
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The recent acquisition that Kayak made of Sidestep, valued at 200 million dollars, forced Yahoo! Travel to step up its game and stop lingering about. The first move they made was to drag the FareChase tab from the shelving and put it front and center on their page. It shows the default search engine for pricing fligh... |
11 January 2008
16:56 GMT |
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CellTrust Corporation announced the availability of FlightAssist, a mobile alerting service that can be used by travelers to receive flight-related information on their cell phones via SMS. FlightAssist provides mobile phone owners with an easy and convenient way to track important flight information, such as flight ... |
9 August 2007
09:35 GMT |
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The popular online video sharing service YouTube is now offering one more channel after the parent company Google signed a deal to support the World Travel Awards campaign. The new page offers several clips provided by the tourism industry and according to Travel Guides, it already recorded more than 1000 views. This... |
6 July 2007
09:33 GMT |
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Space tourism is becoming increasingly popular and some people hope it will become the next big attraction and maybe the ideal family vacation, sometime in the near future. Current private trips to space may cost around $20 million, so it's not an affordable ride for mere mortals, but more and more companies an... |
6 July 2007
08:21 GMT |
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Space tourism is a refreshing alternative and even if for the moment the pioneers paid around $20 million for a trip to the International Space Station, future trips will get more affordable, so in a few decades, travel agencies around the world could advertise "space tours" and who knows, maybe even on the Moon.Th... |
4 July 2007
03:32 GMT |
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Virtual tours offer tourists a recreated view of famous historical sites that are either inaccessible or have been damaged or destroyed over time. In some cases, this is the only way to travel in time and walk around mankind's greatest construction achievements.Technology from computer games, animation and arti... |
28 May 2007
05:09 GMT |
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Investing in space technology now may be similar to buying Microsoft shares two decades ago: highly profitable. It seems the next industry area to experience an economic boom will be the exploration of space and space tourism.Last month, the first ESA Investment Forum took place at the European Space Research and Te... |
22 May 2007
08:40 GMT |
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People need media (and advertising in particular) to create needs. Yeap, that's right... you would be lost if it weren't for advertising (don't believe me). Just imagine yourself going to the market without knowing anything at all about the brands there and having to read all the labels. So much time l... |
10 May 2007
14:26 GMT |
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Steape announced the launch of a series of talking phrase books for mobile phones. The products allow travelers to easily communicate in a foreign language using an application on their mobile phone. The translators have already gained popularity in the Netherlands and now they are also made available in the UK and U... |
10 May 2007
09:32 GMT |
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Yahoo tried to reply to Google's recent moves with a similar update and added some new personalization options to its Travel service. Most of them are meant to offer specific travel deals or guide, depending on the users' searches and options. Just like the Google services that are based on personalization ... |
9 May 2007
15:21 GMT |
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The one is a high school dropout who is investing at least $200 million for a fleet of suborbital passenger spaceships. He built the Virgin empire into a world brand. The Virgin logo is slapped in some of the most terrestrial places - music stores, cell phones, airlines, graphic novels, to name a few. A decade ago, ... |
16 April 2007
08:54 GMT |
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AtlasCT, a provider of mapping solutions, announced the availability of the social photo sharing and mapping application, ReLive!, for mobile operators, web portals and social networks. ReLive! enables users to take photos with their mobile phones and then easily tag the photos to their precise location on a map. Use... |
9 March 2007
06:29 GMT |
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