Posts Tagged ‘ Continental Airlines ’

10 Things That Caught My Eye: Week of 9-27-10

Navitaire crashes (plural), mergers, executive changes and a movie premiere. Here’s your weekly recap: LCC Consolidation: Southwest acquires AirTran for $1.4B. Expect SWA Bag Cops to be patrolling the AirTran routes as soon as the acquisition is completed. With SWA committed to moving off their TPF-based reservation system, the combined airline now ups the stakes for [ READ MORE ]

10 Things That Caught My Eye: Week of 7-5-10

Well I hope that everyone enjoyed their holiday. But before I get to the tech and travel news, I must comment on “The Decision”.  Yes, I was among the 10 million people that watched LeBron James rip the heart of his own city when he announced his decision to play for the Miami Heat next [ READ MORE ]

10 Things that Caught My Eye — Week of 4-26-10

A lot of stuff happened while I was OpenTravel’s 2010 Advisory Forum in Seattle this past week: I’d be remiss if I didn’t start with the successful IPO of Amadeus (AMA.MC), the largest GDS and leader in global travel technology solutions…and Ness Software Product Labs’ signature client in the travel technology space. Apple buys Siri.  It’s not [ READ MORE ]

Contintenal Airlines’ Missed “Meals” Marketing Opportunity

There’s been a fair amount of chatter about Continental’s decision this week to stop offering free meals in the economy cabin on their US and Canadian flights.  Even just this morning I saw a tweet from software industry analyst and über-traveler Ray Wang that said: rwang0: Talking to many passengers and FA’s on #continental @continental. once [ READ MORE ]

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