TripAdvisor has introduced its “Top Values” Index, an easy way to sort the most popular hotels around the world to quickly find the hotels that are great values.
CCRA International, which provides marketing and technology to the travel industry, has introduced CCRA Group Travel Solutions, its new, web-based group booking tool only available to professional travel agents at www.CCRATravel.com.
Travelport GDS has announced that it has signed an exclusive Galileo contract with Al Ghaith Al Moosa Travel Agency, also known as ALTA. Offering industry leading technology, Travelport’s Galileo system will help ALTA boost its customer service capabilities and enhance the efficiency of the group’s operations.

Expedia Media Solutions, the advertising sales division of Expedia, Inc., has introduced a new behavioral marketing product called PassportAds, which gives advertisers an effective way to reach in-market travel consumers throughout the trip purchasing lifecycle.

After rolling out its Honeymoon Registry website, Happy Vacations announces the launch of its new Honeymoon Registry Specialist Program. Happy Vacations’ honeymoon registry service meets the needs of a growing segment of the population –couples who seek non-traditional wedding gifts and the travel agents seeking innovative tools to help sell travel and honeymoon packages.
Travelport GDS is partnering with a number of airlines in the coming months to provide travelers using Travelport GDS ViewTrip with access to an online check-in feature. The move is in line with providing airlines a more flexible and efficient service. Six airlines –British Airways, Delta Airlines, Frontier, Midwest Airlines, SWISS, bmi and Virgin Atlantic- currently offer the online check-in tool via Travelport’s ViewTrip, which allows their customers to conveniently check-in over the internet.