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Get your next paperless travel itinerary online and on-the-go for free

From laptops to iPhones, travelers can compile and organize their travel itineraries in real-time, while actively sharing their scheduled adventures with others.

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Forget mainstream: Rent a home for your next trip

A new all-in-one booking website makes it easier than ever to rent a vacation home online. With search functionality that rivals the big online hotel search engines, ReserveMyHome.com has already become the preferred booking site for verified private vacation rentals in the USA, Canada, Mexico and Caribbean.

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Orbitz and Google let travelers check out the neighborhood

Orbitz.com has just unveiled its new Google Street View to allow customers to take a walking-tour of a hotel’s neighborhood before, during and after booking a hotel stay. This new feature marks the company’s most recent example of Orbitz’s strong focus on delivering an unparalleled hotel booking experience to its customers.

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Microsoft steps into the travel search arena with a "Bing"

Competing with modern web-startups that seem to be dominating the social travel and shopping waves lately, Microsoft’s new Bing Travel is hoping to let travelers make smart travel shopping decisions with flight and hotel search, airfare price predictions, travel news and community and more.

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Two online travel sites eliminate fees on flights

Online travel giants CheapTickets.com and Orbitz.com have announced that they are permanently removing booking fees on all flights, domestic and international. While it may not be in the vein of responsible or “green” travel, this bit of news is definitely worth reading for the budget-conscious traveler.

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Orbitz supports lifting U.S. Travel Ban to Cuba with OpenCuba.org

The online travel mega-juggernaut has launched a campaign in support of the lifting of a U.S. travel ban to Cuba, based on findings of a series of traveler opinion polls. The OpenCuba.org campaign is designed to give Americans the opportunity to petition the U.S. Government to open up travel to Cuba.

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New 'GreenHotels' Directory launches

The GreenHotels Directory is a new and complete online reservation system designed for travelers seeking environmentally-friendly hotel accommodations; launched by a partnership between Environment News Service and ARES Travel Network. The site enables travelers to instantly locate and make online reservations at hotels offering responsible conservation features.

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Save money and the environment when you travel with NileGuide.com

With a new design and enhanced functionality, NileGuide.com helps travelers “save green” in more ways than one with all-new trip planning tools.

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Hotels embrace FreshStay.com to let guests breathe easy

At a time when socially responsible travel is gaining traction, and more people than ever are taking their healthy habits on the road with them, the hospitality industry is seeing a tidal wave of hotels from around the globe choosing to go 100-percent smoke-free. Combining a network of 100% smoke-free hotels with an integrated booking technology, FreshStay.com makes it easy for “Frequent Breathers” to find the accommodations they desire and reserve them immediately.

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Adventure travel agents get a new booking tool

AdventureLink just announced the launch of the world’s largest online booking system for adventure travel. The site, geared currently toward travel professionals, enables distribution to over 70,000 agents across North America.

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Being skeptical: The big online players step up to green travel, sort of

Travelocity and Expedia, dominant forces in the online travel space, are reportedly each releasing their own versions of “green travel” booking tools. The question is, how do they measure up to conscious-travelers’ demands?

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Whole Travel launches "Blue Sky" search for Sustainable Travel

Whole Travel (www.wholetravel.com) announced today that it is the first online travel site to provide “blue sky” search functionality for consumers looking to discover the world’s most amazing destinations while being environmentally and socially responsible.

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World Heritage Travel Expo 2008 partners with Macau.com

Macau.com, the leading online destination marketing and travel company in Macau, is the official online travel agency for the World Heritage Travel Expo 2008, a networking platform designed to showcase cultural and natural heritage sites around the world.

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Introducing New Eco-Friendly Brand Hotel 'PURE GREEN'

Orienscorp’s subsidiary Hotel PURE adds an Eco-Friendly brand called PURE GREEN. Many hotels in Costa Rica have already got the Certification for Sustainable Tourism.

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HotelMapSearch.com launches industry's first Hotel Price Map

HotelMapSearch.com combines the familiarity, stability and speed of Google Maps with an extensive network of over 70,000 worldwide hotel locations and prices. The Hotel Price Map displays every hotel’s location and average price.

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HolidayIQ.com – 10,000+ vacation options in India

The popular Indian holiday planning website announced the addition of the 10,000th accommodation property, including all-inclusive resorts, heritage properties, home-stays, Bed & Breakfast, guest-houses, tented camps, jungle getaways, heritage hotels and culture hotels. HolidayIQ is the world’s largest repository of leisure accommodation in India.

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Growing Green Online, EcoLuxury Launches New Travel Website in Response to Rising Occupancy Rates

Citing 100% occupancy rates at their green vacation rentals and increased sales of green home products, EcoLuxury announced a new website with listings for green and hypo-allergenic vacation rental properties, green products guests often take home with them, and do-it-yourself guides for greening vacations and homes.

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World Telecommunication and Information Society Day Providing Sustainable Tourism Solutions

Information and communication technology (ICT) plays an increasingly important role in the tourism industry and eTourism solutions have become a key issue in UNWTO’s operational strategy.

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