Travel Industry Trends - Internet

Masan, South Korea takes spot for fastest city in the world Russia remains the top attack traffic source, followed by U.S. and China Majority of mobile providers achieve average maximum speeds greater than 2 Mbps - More

IN-DEPTH: Interview with Doug Hesley, corporate director of revenue management, Norwegian Cruise Lines - More

Interview with Kurien Jacob, SVP Revenue and Distribution, Highgate Hotels - By Ritesh Gupta - More

Millions of Americans use Twitter – just don't ask any of them to pay for it. - More

IN-DEPTH: Interview with Matthew Petitjean, director of e-commerce and online marketing, Wyndham Hotel Group - More

The latest eTravel Benchmark study from eDigitalResearch reveals that online travel websites are still failing to deliver adequate customer service. 43 out of the 47 websites reviewed have been affected by 'satisfactory', 'poor' or 'very poor' customer service scores, with the airlines sector failing to answer over 51% of all email queries. - More

Nearly 30 percent of travelers have either never thought about precautions or do not take any precautions when posting about vacations on social media web sites. Twenty-seven percent post limited vacation information, and more than 40 percent do not allow any vacation posts. - More

IN-DEPTH: Interview with Ronnie Gurion, president, Orbitz Worldwide Distribution - More

MarketResearch.com has announced the addition of eMarketer's new report 'Maximizing the E-Mail/Social Media Connection,' to their collection of Social Networking market reports. - More

Research Identifies Motivations for Consumers ‘Layering’ Online Interactions - More