http://www.travolution.co.ukThe latest information from Travolution60180119515http://www.travolution.co.uk/Articles/2010/03/05/3303/campaign-launched-demanding-uk-minister-for-travel.htmlCCPFri, 05 Mar 2010 12:00:00 -00:00Travolution sister title Travel Weekly has launched a campaign to persuade the next government to create a senior ministerial post dedicated to the travel and tourism industry.http://www.travolution.co.uk/Articles/2009/11/10/3004/erevmax-allows-hoteliers-to-manage-inventories.htmlCCPTue, 10 Nov 2009 09:30:00 -00:00eRevMax is enabling hoteliers to increase exposure and update rates, availability and descriptions on global distribution systems through direct connectivity. http://www.travolution.co.uk/Articles/2009/11/10/3009/rock-insurance-buys-online-broker-24drtravel.com.htmlCCPTue, 10 Nov 2009 09:20:00 -00:00Rock Insurance has made its third acquisition of the year with the purchase of online insurance broker 24drtravel.com.http://www.travolution.co.uk/Articles/2009/10/27/2975/travel-companies-hold-back-from-social-networking-ads.htmlCCPTue, 27 Oct 2009 10:00:00 -00:00The travel industry fell behind most other sectors in terms of advertising on social networking websites at the peak of this summer, according to a new study by market research company comScore. http://www.travolution.co.uk/Articles/2009/10/27/2973/online-bookings-set-to-soar-for-us-corporations.htmlCCPTue, 27 Oct 2009 09:40:00 -00:00Three-quarters of travel managers in the US are planning to “encourage or mandate online bookings” as a key cost control measure for 2010. http://www.travolution.co.uk/Articles/2009/10/27/2972/de-vere-hotels-appoints-dbd-media-for-search-engine-marketing.htmlCCPTue, 27 Oct 2009 09:30:00 -00:00De Vere Hotels has appointed DBD Media to handle its search engine marketing brief.http://www.travolution.co.uk/Articles/2009/10/16/2948/customer-loyalty-biggest-challenge-for-airlines-says-study.htmlCCPFri, 16 Oct 2009 09:30:00 +01:00Airlines view customer loyalty and retention as one of their biggest challenges in future according to a study. http://www.travolution.co.uk/Articles/2009/10/16/2950/brussels-airlines-introduces-pre-paid-vouchers.htmlCCPFri, 16 Oct 2009 09:15:00 +01:00Brussels Airlines is allowing travellers to pay for flights online with a pre-paid voucher following a tie-up with Paysafecard Group. http://www.travolution.co.uk/Articles/2009/09/25/2899/ryanair-will-have-to-use-gdss-in-future-claims-amadeus-boss.htmlCCPFri, 25 Sep 2009 09:10:00 +01:00 Ryanair will have to use global distribution systems (GDS) in the future, Amadeus UK and Ireland managing director Tim Russell has claimed. At the moment, 56 low-cost carriers distribute through Amadeus, Russell told delegates at the Travel Technology Initiative' s autumn conference. Russell said: “Agents prefer to use GDSs rather than trawl the web. The volumes remain low, but I think maths will win the day. “In the end, yield will win. Even Michael O’Leary [Ryanair chief executive] will consider distributing through anyone. He calls us parasites, but we will see." Russell said Amadeus was working with its airline partners to get access to web-only fares. He added: “We aim to become airlines’ preferred distribution channel. For agents, the enhanced content will help them sell. Andhttp://www.travolution.co.uk/Articles/2009/09/08/2846/hotelly.com-targets-teletext-customers.htmlCCPTue, 08 Sep 2009 09:45:00 +01:00Price comparison site Hotelly.com hopes to pick up some of the holiday market held by Teletext Holidays ahead of the shut-down of its travel service on analogue television, now expected late next year.http://www.travolution.co.uk/Articles/2009/08/18/2801/stella-hospitality-group-to-be-renamed-mantra-group.htmlCCPTue, 18 Aug 2009 11:00:00 +01:00 Stella Hospitality Group is to be renamed the Mantra Group, according to Travolution’s sister title in Australia . The Stella Group announced earlier this month that it was splitting its group into two divisions under the Stella  Hospitality Group and Stella Travel Services, which includes Stella Travel Services UK. The group now has two separately managed, financed and operated businesses. Stella Hospitality Grou p operates a portfolio of more than 140 resorts, hotels and apartments, including the Peppers, Mantra and Breakfree brands. Travel Today, the online daily news service operated by Travel Weekly Australia, has reported that the hospitality group will change its name to the Mahttp://www.travolution.co.uk/Articles/2009/08/04/2759/another-scraping-case-for-ryanair-lawyers.htmlCCPTue, 04 Aug 2009 09:26:00 +01:00 Travelviva , an online German travel business, is the latest “screen-scraping ticket tout” to face legal action from Ryanair in the Irish courts. Travelviva AG is the most recent site to be accused on breaking Ryanair’s terms and conditions. Ryanair claimed that it Travelviva has declined an “offer of licensed access to Ryanair.com’s flight information for price comparison purposes.” TravelViva declined to comment on an ongoing legal case, although it has removed Ryanair flights form its pages. The business operates two web sites in Germany – airline-direct.de and billigflug.de . Ryanair suggested that it was stepping up its campaign against vertical search engines. “ In rehttp://www.travolution.co.uk/Articles/2009/08/04/2763/stella-restructure-to-end-speculation-says-uk-boss.htmlCCPTue, 04 Aug 2009 09:00:00 +01:00A restructure of the Stella Group has turned the UK operation into a standalone business and will put paid to rumours about the group’s finances, according to UK chief executive Andrew Botterill. http://www.travolution.co.uk/Articles/2009/07/28/2749/ryanair-grows-passenger-numbers-with-lower-fares.htmlCCPTue, 28 Jul 2009 07:43:00 +01:00 Low-cost airline Ryanair has shown that it is capable of attracting more passengers onto its flights by reducing its fares. The airline's results for the three months to end of June 09 showed a profit of €135.6m compared with €21m for the same three months last year. Ryanair admitted that this increase was “distorted” by a big reduction in its fuel costs. Costs excluding fuel were also reduced by 5%. Marketing and distribution costs for example fell to €29.7m compared with €35.7m last time. Ryanair said part of this reduction was down to “the increased focus on internet based promotions.” Numbers relating to general travel patterns suggests that demand can be stimulated by price, or at least that price-sensitive customers will continue to travel at the correct price. Compared with the same quarter last year, load factors were up 2% at 83% with the number of passengers carried increasing from 15m thttp://www.travolution.co.uk/Articles/2009/07/28/2748/starwood-brand-unveils-online-community-service.htmlCCPTue, 28 Jul 2009 07:00:00 +01:00 The Luxury Collection , part of Starwood, has teamed up with private community ASMALLWORLD to unveil a travel community platform. The partnership sees the launch of a microsite integrated within the private community where members can interact directly with representatives from the Luxury Collection. A series of blogs from Luxury Collection concierges around Europe and Africa sharing local knowledge and information on key events in the social calendar will be central to the community. Events planned for the blog include insiders’ guides to the Venice Film Festival and the Gansbaai Great White Shark Festival in South Africa. ASW users will also be able to question the concierges on the blog content and add comments. The community platform will also include an interactive calendar of events around the world, des