Archive Category: Privacy


May 21, 2007 | Permalink | m-Travel.com

Focusing on delivering community-driven experience

EyeforTravel.com Exclusive: Interview with Jasper Malcolmson, Director, Yahoo! Travel

Yahoo recently introduced a new personalised version of its travel planning website, that “merges online community, bargain hunting, and Internet mapping technology”.

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February 7, 2007 | Permalink | m-Travel.com

Reader’s feedback: Downside to hostel booking sites

I'd like to inform you of a website (www.siteminder.com.au) launched in Australia in October last year that offers properties one simple interface to manage their room inventory across all the booking sites they're listed on. The property user only has to change their room availability/pricing on one web page and the system sends those updates to all the booking sites. With this tool, properties can  advertise on many more booking sites without any extra overhead. It was originally built for last minute hotel booking sites in Australia, but is now connecting to hostel sites as well, and is currently being rolled out to the hostel market in Australia. We will be expanding overseas in the second half of this year and offering our product to the European market as well

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June 12, 2004 | Permalink | m-Travel.com

California privacy law reaches beyond state borders

By Dan Goldstein | Privacy Research & Consulting

Within the past year California legislators have made privacy a priority. And its laws often reach across state lines in an effort to safeguard California consumers' nonpublic personal information. The California Online Privacy Protection Act of 2003 (CA OPPA) is the latest law to have impact beyond California. And its law takes effect on July 1 and requires that Web site operators who collect personally identifiable information on California residents post a privacy policy on their Web sites describing their data practices.

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