This week...
on 21st February 2011It's hard to believe that we're now in our fourth week in our new Brighton offices. The whole team at CWT Digital is still in love with our fantastic premises in New England House, and the local area has plenty to keep us occupied come lunch time!
Here at CWT Digital, we like to keep our finger on the pulse of the worlds of travel and travel technology, so take a look at our picks of the best and most important news in these from the past week.
CWT news
CWT Digital's client reaches the £1 million sales mark. 15th February - Norwegian Cruise Lines have recently passed the £1 million pound mark in online bookings through CWT Digital's Click2Cruise platform. NCL's recent website re-design was implemented using Click2Cruise, and changes to the platform's front end have increased site usability, user booking journey and conversion rates.
Travel news
Plans for big cruise ships to dock in London. 21st February - A proposal for Enderby Wharf in Greenwich to become London's first cruise ship terminal is awaiting approval from Boris Johnson.
Surge in January online travel spend. 21st February - New research shows that online travel spend increased by an impressive 31% compared to the same booking period last year.
Travel technology news
BlackBerry launches travel 'super app'. 18th February - The new BlackBerry Travel app boasts a very wide range of uses, and was launched at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.
Google set to make travel search even more social. 17th February - Google has announced that travel searches will now feature more results from the user's friends' activities on social media sites.
Travel firms are ignoring social media. 15th February - The Travel Technology Initiative is concerned by the lack of take-up of social media by the travel industry.
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