http://www.travolution.co.ukThe latest information from Travolution601215321315http://www.travolution.co.uk/Articles/2010/03/12/3328/mobile-internet-users-not-accessing-travel-sites.htmlCCPFri, 12 Mar 2010 12:00:00 -00:00 The majority of travellers are not using mobile devices to visit travel related mobile sites according to the latest PhoCuswright Consumer Technology Survey. The study shows texting is still the most popular service for mobile phone users with 57% reporting they have sent or received texts on a device in 2009 while only 31% say they have used their mobile to access the internet. Despite this the volume of consumers making a travel purchase or reservation increased to nine per cent in 2009, up from six per cent in 2008. Of the nine per cent making a travel reservation, 87% used it for a flight while 73% used it for a car reservation. When it came to online travellers, maps and flight alerts were the most desired mobile activity according to the report with 29% of travellers interested in using their mobile as a boarding pass. After text messaging, taking photographs was the second most popular activity for consumers on mobile devices. http://www.travolution.co.uk/Articles/2010/03/12/3324/europe-hotel-prices-drop-7.htmlCCPFri, 12 Mar 2010 10:00:00 -00:00The average price of hotels in Europe was £93 during the period from February to March 2010 - a 7% drop on the same time last year.http://www.travolution.co.uk/Articles/2010/03/12/3323/one-in-five-want-to-pay-for-travel-on-mobile.htmlCCPFri, 12 Mar 2010 09:00:00 -00:00 One in five consumers would like to use their mobile to make travel payments, according to a survey of nearly 2,000 consumers around the world. The survey by mobile media company BuzzCity revealed that 90% of mobile users had used their phone to purchase products or services. Most of this was related to the mobile phone, such as top-up credit or subscriptions. However, a total of 23% of respondents had bought from online stores, paid a bill, bought prepaid utilities and make bookings for hotels, events or travel through their mobile. There should be more partnerships between banks, carriers and travel operators to increase the number of products available to book using mobile phone, the company said. BuzzCity chief executive KF Lai said: "There are clear opportunities for mobile transactions to grow as users indicate that they want to be able to use their mobiles to buy more goods, such as books, music and travel services."  > http://www.travolution.co.uk/Articles/2010/03/12/3320/travels-top-10-technologies-to-watch-in-2010.htmlCCPFri, 12 Mar 2010 01:00:00 -00:00David Bicknell takes a look at the most important technological developments travel firms should look out for this yearhttp://www.travolution.co.uk/Articles/2010/03/12/3327/exclusive-expedias-breakwell-resurfaces-at-thomas-cook.htmlCCPFri, 12 Mar 2010 12:00:00 -00:00Simon Breakwell, former EMEA vice president for Expedia, is currently advising Thomas Cook on its plans to become a major European online travel agent.http://www.travolution.co.uk/Articles/2010/03/12/3326/tripit-to-focus-on-partnerships-and-product.htmlCCPFri, 12 Mar 2010 12:00:00 -00:00Tripit will focus on further partnerships and product development after it secured $7 million in funding last week. http://www.travolution.co.uk/Articles/2010/03/12/3325/tripwire-raises-concerns-over-payment-card-security.htmlCCPFri, 12 Mar 2010 12:00:00 -00:00Research has found a majority of companies in the hospitality and leisure industry in the UK are not compliant with new rules on credit card payment security.http://www.travolution.co.uk/Articles/2010/03/12/3322/leonardo-hotels-to-pioneer-travelclick-marketing-tool.htmlCCPFri, 12 Mar 2010 12:00:00 -00:00Leonardo Hotels has become the first major European hotel chain to sign up for TravelClick’s new pricing and marketing tool Hotelligence360.http://www.travolution.co.uk/Articles/2010/03/11/3319/qwerty-travel-launches-new-website.htmlCCPThu, 11 Mar 2010 12:00:00 -00:00 Qwerty Travel has launched a website aimed at consumers who are still apprehensive about booking online. The site, Travelwasp.com, offers dynamically packaged, air-inclusive holidays and is bonded under the Travel Trust Association’s Atol. It claims to offer a simple “three click to purchase” process. Managing director Matthew Somers said: “We wanted to strip back and simplify the holiday booking process. “There are lots of sites out there with lots of different search options and gizmos, but we wanted to make Travelwasp totally idiot-proof as we believe there are people out there who are still apprehensive about buying travel online. This is a means of appealing to them.” Somers bought the Qwerty Travel agency from previous owner Youtravel.com 18 months ago. In the year ending October 2009, it made a net profit of £267,000 on a turnover of more than £13 million. He hopes to grow the business by at least 50% this year. “Thishttp://www.travolution.co.uk/Articles/2010/03/11/3321/win-an-ipad-in-our-good-gadget-bad-gadget-competition.htmlCCPThu, 11 Mar 2010 12:00:00 -00:00Be one of the first to get your hands on the new Apple iPad, courtesy of Traveltek and Travolutionhttp://www.travolution.co.uk/Articles/2010/03/10/3318/traveltainment-snaps-up-marketing-specialist-pixell.htmlCCPWed, 10 Mar 2010 12:00:00 -00:00TravelTainment, the leisure travel arm of Amadeus, has bought online marketing specialist Pixell. http://www.travolution.co.uk/Articles/2010/03/10/3317/travelport-launches-opinions-agent-networking-in-the.htmlCCPWed, 10 Mar 2010 12:00:00 -00:00Travelport has unveiled its ‘Opinions’ online networking service in the UK and Ireland following its launch in France last year.http://www.travolution.co.uk/Articles/2010/03/10/3316/new-trade-bedbank-launched-by-holiday2travel.htmlCCPWed, 10 Mar 2010 12:00:00 -00:00The Holiday2 Travel Group has launched a new trade-facing bedbank website, searchaccom.com, supplying apartments, villas and hotels worldwide. http://www.travolution.co.uk/Articles/2010/03/10/3315/europcar-launches-microsoft-surface-planner.htmlCCPWed, 10 Mar 2010 12:00:00 -00:00Europcar is enabling customers to plan their journeys using Microsoft Surface tables following a tie-up with Fortune Cookie. http://www.travolution.co.uk/Articles/2010/03/09/3313/specific-media-sees-number-of-travel-clients-double.htmlCCPTue, 09 Mar 2010 12:00:00 -00:00Digital advertising agency Specific Media saw the number of clients in its travel division double in January compared to the same month in 2009