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Predictions for the leading trends for travel this year

01/09/201201/09/2012 Stephanie Beck

Orbitz has announced that mobile commerce, travel as a gift, and flash sales will be the top three trends for travel this year. Reporting that not only will American mobile commerce almost double itself this year, but it will also become an integral part of the travel experience. There was also an increase of almost 350 percent of flash sale sites between July 2009 and that same month in 2011. The growth in popularity of those sites has shown no sign of slowing down. The travel company went on to underline…

QR codes assist Phoenix airport visitors to find their way around

11/28/2011 Sam Lambert

Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport has announced that they will be using QR codes to perform a number of new tasks to make the traveler’s experience a faster, easier, and more convenient one. They will use QR codes to find the official website for the airport, learn a flight’s status, find restaurants and other amenities within the terminal, complete satisfaction surveys for taxi service, identify problems in the airport’s restrooms, or even have the airport notify you of the location of your vehicle in the parking lot via email upon…

Survey for travelers shows that a strategy must be multi-device and cross-channel mobile

10/29/2011 Julie Campbell

The results of a recently conducted survey about the travel habits of mobile users have revealed that the planning of leisure trips often includes the widespread use of mobile devices such as smartphones and tablet computers. People who use travel websites as well as apps that are dedicated to travel purposes are using their mobile devices in order to obtain information and to access services. The demand from users of these mobile devices offers travel service providers a notable opportunity to increase their online commerce. That said, in order to…