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There has been a ripple of interest lately in a new metric for the hotel industry, GOPPAR.  (If it seems strange that an obscure ratio can spark an industry-wide debate, then you should start hanging out at the accounting department water cooler more often.)  Proponents of the measure, which computes gross operating profit per available [...]

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South African Tourism, in the run up to the 2010 FIFA World CupTM, has just launched http://mzan.si – a URL shortener that will live beyond the World Cup and is hoped to become the preferred URL shortener for anyone talking about our magnificent country.
Mzansi means “South” (Africa) in Xhosa and is widely used amongst South [...]

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Rise in Hotel Revenue Management support in 2009 as IDeaS Advantage records double digit growth, works with number of new partners worldwide
IDeaS Revenue Optimization, the leading provider of pricing, forecasting and optimization solutions and services, announced that as more hoteliers turn to revenue management specialists to boots returns in weaker operating conditions, it’s highly regarded [...]

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2010 Fifa World Cup is here and it’s time to have a ball with us during the exciting celebrations – the action packed humming anticipation and rhythm that vibrate through each person, every establishment, and every activity across the globe.
And to make sure you’re close, on top of the happenings and have an absolute whale-of-a-time, [...]

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It seems that everyone is a tweeter these days, but if you’ve still not signed up for your Twitter account here’s a great reason to join the micro-blogging site.  Acacia Africa has teamed up with AfricaFreak.com, TravelComments.com and PlanYourSafari.com, the three expert safari bloggers judging the tour operator’s Wild Tweep entries (http://bit.ly/5gbT1f).  One for South [...]

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Sure Corporate – the corporate arm of the Sure Travel group – proved that its Amadeus eTravel Management (AeTM) programme is a leading edge online solution that empowers corporations to manage their corporate travel programmes efficiently and consistently, worldwide.

Amadeus, one of the largest travel IT companies in the world, specifically built AeTM for travel procurement. [...]

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HotelsCombined.com — the world’s leading hotel search engine and price aggregator — proudly announces Hichame Assi as the new Head of Strategy – Online Marketing. In this role, Hichame will lead a number of product development and online marketing initiatives.
“With experience in both information technology and eCommerce strategy, Hichame is a dynamic addition to the [...]

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IDeaS Revenue Optimization, the leading provider of hotel revenue management solutions and services, today celebrated its 20th anniversary. Delivering their first Revenue Management System to the market in 1990, IDeaS has been an integral part of the revenue management culture from it’s inception in the late 1980’s. Acquired in 2008 by SAS Institute, IDeaS has [...]

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Amadeus GTD Southern Africa has successfully implemented a unique application at City Lodge Hotels, making it the first hotel group in the world to fully integrate the Amadeus Multi-Channel Distribution (AMCD) hotel distribution solution and Amadeus Property Management System (PMS) in a single user interface that will benefit the local and international travel industry.
Through this [...]

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Travelstart Global has sold the European part of its operation to a European travel consortium, European Travel Interactive (eTraveli).  The deal, effective from 1 February, will not affect Travelstart’s South African business, which will operate as normal.
Travelstart has run its international head office from Cape Town since 2009 and is currently the online travel market [...]

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