So far, Priceline has been focusing only on the transaction channel of online travel, i.e. selling travel products such as airline tickets, hotel rooms, cruise packages and car rental services.
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Investigators interviewed witnesses who would have been in a position to corroborate the events narrated and reviewed e-mails and travel documents.
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This more recent data--courtesy of Spending Pulse, the economic research arm of MasterCard (nyse: MA - news - people ) WorldWide--divides U.S. consumer discretionary spending into eight buckets: air travel, e-commerce, electronics, furniture, lodging (as in hotels, not primary residences), apparel, luxury (excluding jewelry) and restaurants.
The field of organizations that could participate is endless, but includes publishers, e-commerce sites, travel sites, major media and brand sites.
Travelzoo Inc. is a travel deals publisher that provides virtual platforms including Travelzoo websites as well as publications like newsletters and e-mail alerts to small businesses, travel and entertainment companies to help them advertise their offers.
Users begin by choosing from among five templates designed for showcasing art and photography, building e-commerce stores and documenting travel.
Moreover, within the next few years, using Broadcaster, Sabre plans to sell E-mailed reports to both travel agents and companies that want a better fix on their travel costs.
Smith also eliminated fax machines, a hangover from the days before e-mail, and cut down travel and entertainment by using videoconferencing.
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It seemed inconceivable at that time that the print book business with its half-millennium history would become worthless in just a few years time, so the predictions by industry leaders were that the venerable print book business would coexist happily with the augmentation of e-books that would allow people to travel easily with their favorite book.
Even fashion e-commerce site Gilt Group created a spinoff travel site called Jetsetter.
For example, One Click Ventures, a network of e-commerce brands in the discount fashion and travel spaces, is using AdLeads and seeing great success.
There's interaction with the listeners through e-mails, faxes and calls to the travel line, and this informs the presenters' comments and perspective on the day's events.
The service comprised games, e-mail, chat, news, forums, travel and other information.
An e-mail has a formal structure so it can travel and arrive safely across the net, but the text within it is much more loosely arranged.
But there were already signs that, with its mix of games, e-mail, chat, news, forums, travel and other information, Mr Case's service had a bounce that well-financed but stodgier rivals, such as Prodigy and CompuServe, lacked.
Regardless, with this unit, we felt enough latency in the refresh rate to be bothered by it, but e-reader enthusiasts or people who really need to travel with an arsenal or reading material are probably more than willing to let that slide in the face of the other advantages.
In addition, the new tablet PC can take advantage of locationbased and travel applications with its integrated G-Sensor, E-Compass and Gyro-Meter.
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Gomez Advisors, in Massachusetts, assesses the performance of e-commerce websites in areas such as personal finance, travel, shopping, car buying and auctions.
When employees have to go outside the system for the most basic needs, e.g. transport to and from the airport, travel costs can quickly spiral out of control.
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While mobile traffic is growing throughout e-commerce, Gareth Williams reckons the appeal of researching travel works well for people who are already travelling, on a bus or train.
It is difficult to predict the price sensitivity of leisure travelers (i.e. the impact in demand to rise in prices of travel products and services) or the decline in commissions of travel agents yet.
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The government argues that e-passports make it easier for citizens to deal with their travel arrangements "without having to visit the passport office".
Officially overall employment in the travel-agency and bookshop industries fell as a result of e-commerce.
Mrs James's e-mail said her son felt he had no option other than to travel to the clinic.
Mannaz uses virtual coaching and e-learning modules as a component of their courses, minimizing the need for travel.
These include telecommunications, e-commerce, financial services, health care, real estate, automotive, and travel.
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The e-mail she sends prospective applicants refers to "EXTREME weather conditions" that limit travel to the nearest village, population 60.
When enough computers are equipped to do business this way, e-speak becomes a dynamic web of interactions: In the trip to Paris a travel agency might be at the center of the transaction.
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