Indian online travel community introduces hotel booking application (eyefortravel.com)

OkTataByeBye.com has launched a comparison widget for hotel bookings.

Understanding the value and future of APIs in the travel industry (eyefortravel.com)

A significant shift is occurring in the online world. Websites that have traditionally only published their own content are now able to seamlessly include information from other sources, updated in real time.

Costa Cruises to introduce online video FAQs in six languages (eyefortravel.com)

Costa Cruises is to introduce a new section - online video FAQs, providing guidance with answers to the questions most frequently asked by its customers before they go on a cruise.

Egyptian activist takes fight for freedom online (The Christian Science Monitor via Yahoo! News)

Few members of Egypt's street protest movement for political reform are as recognizable as Nora Younis. Since Egypt's troubled period of political opening began in 2004, she has made her mark both online and in the street with visual flair and persistence.

Boat, Sport & Travel Show to feature hundreds of yachts, exhibits (The Bay Area Citizen)

The 2009 Houston International Boat, Sport & Travel Show, one of the largest in the country with more than 1,000 luxury yachts, sailboats and powerboats and 450 exhibits, will open its doors, starting Friday at Reliant Center. The show will run until Jan. 11.

Long-term travel is way of life for "vagabonding" writer (Seattle Times)

Travel writer Rolf Potts reflects on life on the road in the Internet age