ExpertFlyer released its search-and-find figures for Jan. 1 through April 30, which showed it found a staggering 7,000 awards, upgrades, and preferred seats for its subscribers during the first four months of 2010, up more than 60 percent for the same period a year ago.
Orbitz Worldwide has launched AdventureFinder, a new travel website that provides instant access to the world’s leading adventure vacations. The site allows consumers to research, customize, and plan active escapes quickly and easily.
Expedia.com has opened an LGBT travel site to serve as a resource for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender travelers. Expedia.com developed the store in partnership with the International Gay & Lesbian Travel Association (IGLTA), the leading global organization dedicated to connecting businesses in the LGBT tourism industry.
CCRA Travel Solutions has enhanced the CCRAtravel.com hotel booking portal to gain a competitive edge and earn more profits faster. The new features that make this web-based hotel content provider the perfect solution for smaller agencies and home-based agents.
TravelClick has teamed with Mobiata, the developer of today’s best-selling mobile travel applications, to launch a new free mobile application called StayHIP. The partnership combines mobile app design from Mobiata with hotel search expertise and booking technology from TravelClick to create an app designed exclusively for a niche community of travelers.
Citybuzz is able to reach at least one third of summer holiday travelers while they are on the go, whether in their hotels, airports, in flight or through its web and social media channels like @citybuzz in Twitter, at www.twitter.com/citybuzz.