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Will the sun shine on holiday this week? Great Google Map mashup will tell you
Perhaps the one element of the pre-trip service that is so important but so many travel websites struggle to get right is around weather information. Step forward IsItSunshine, a wonderfully simple and...
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Web service launches to reimburse travellers for rain or lack of sun
Meteobonus, a new online service to reward travellers during holiday wash-outs or an abundance of dark clouds, has its first industry partner in SmartWings. The Prague-based low cost airline, which is...
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Looking for sunshine? EasyVoyage says it has the answer
With weather one of the most important parts of the travel experience, websites have tried many ways of searching for meteorological information easier. The latest is European travel search site...
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London Heathrow snow disruption – user generated content kicks in
UK airports – London Heathrow in particular – saw chaotic scenes over the weekend as hundreds of flights were cancelled and passengers stranded. With airport authorities, airlines and the government...
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You need snow on a skiing trip? Here is some snow
Augmented reality currently hovers around the “oh, that might be quite useful” to a “what the hell!”, such is its relative infancy. Here is one example certainly belonging in the latter category,...
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Google Maps adds weather but where is Hurricane Irene?
Google Maps added a weather layer, but it’s doubtful the new wrinkle will turn into much of a travel-planning tool. For example, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration as of this writing...
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How one travel company is seeing the funnier side of Hurricane Irene
The East Coast of the US is being battered by Hurricane Irene this weekend, but one web travel startup wants to put a smile back on everyone’s faces. Tour and activity marketplace Sidetour quietly...
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Google Public Alerts launches to provide information in crisis situations
Google Public Alerts kicked off today on Google Maps with weather and earthquake information plotted on affected regions around the globe. The service is a project from Google Crisis Response...
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Trip planning and weather on a single map – an obvious and helpful combination
Neat idea from the folk at the Weather Channel with the introduction of a trip planning service that combines route information with the latest forecast. It is kind of reverse engineering what Google...
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Econsultancy says the top travel INFOGRAPHIC of 2012 was by Monetate
UK ecommerce and marketing service EConsultancy receives dozens of its infographics every week from digital marketers, and it selects a half-dozen favorites each week as models for its 100,000 members...
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Traxo weather alert system tries to to bring some sunshine to snowy travel days
What happens if you get personal travel organiser Traxo talking to the brainiacs running KnowDelay? You get an interesting service which predicts weather delays and suggests schedule changes for...
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