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fredlalonde

  1. "Never look back unless you plan to go that way." - Henry David Thoreau 10:39 AM May 2nd, 2010 via Twitterrific
  2. Amadeus is pricing it's IPO @ $1.2B http://bit.ly/dlmysX 6:28 AM Mar 24th, 2010 via TweetDeck
  3. HomeAway just acquired BedandBreakfast.com. How much $$$? http://bit.ly/bQSRxv 8:18 AM Mar 3rd, 2010 via TweetDeck
  4. Amadeus is also pushing their IPO. I wonder what the mood is at Kayak right now... http://tinyurl.com/yb5yw3x 5:09 PM Feb 19th, 2010 via TweetDeck
  5. Travelport just pulled their IPO! http://bit.ly/cG55ds 10:04 AM Feb 11th, 2010 via TweetDeck
  6. Sequoia bets on B2B travel in India. Investing $10M In Via (FlightRaja) http://tinyurl.com/yawgnzq 9:08 AM Jan 23rd, 2010 via TweetDeck
  7. Rich Barton's new stealth startup with Greg Slyngstad. Could it be in the online travel space? http://bit.ly/5kSM3M 10:57 AM Jan 19th, 2010 via TweetDeck
  8. Haiti earthquake: in canada you can donate via redcross.ca: http://bit.ly/8tIFka. USA: text YELE to 501501 to donate 5$ from your phone bill 9:07 AM Jan 13th, 2010 via TweetDeck
  9. "Where are you now?" Will Gowalla/Foursquare become the next twitter? Someone at Greylock seems to think so. http://tinyurl.com/y8rq8ee 5:46 AM Jan 5th, 2010 via TweetDeck
  10. Did TSA ghost-write @FlyingWithFish tweet? Twitter coercion? http://tinyurl.com/ydm3svo 9:40 AM Jan 3rd, 2010 via TweetDeck
  11. Kayak to start taking consumer payments! Not enough revenue upside in meta for the IPO? http://tinyurl.com/yac7nhs 8:26 AM Dec 12th, 2009 via TweetDeck
  12. Checking up on the Hotelicopter youtube hoax: looks like you can't launch a brand with a viral video. http://tinyurl.com/y98sxfv 7:59 AM Nov 24th, 2009 via TweetDeck
  13. TripAdvisor will allow out-links to hotel sites in Jan. Flat fee. Is the "closed" travel site on the way out? http://tinyurl.com/ykce2n4 7:30 AM Nov 18th, 2009 via TweetDeck
  14. #tcamp1 in Orlando next week. Kevin and the rest of the t-crew will be hosting. Drop in if you are at PCW. http://www.tnooz.com/tcamp1/ 7:12 AM Nov 13th, 2009 via TweetDeck
  15. We just released BigRecord: Bigtable-esque data access for Ruby on Rails. Supports Hbase and Solr. Have fun! http://www.bigrecord.org/ 9:25 AM Oct 27th, 2009 via TweetDeck
  16. tripwolf >100K visitors a month. footprint: ~1K . Where is the real value: content or eyeballs? http://tinyurl.com/ykoqu5u 10:30 AM Oct 15th, 2009 via TweetDeck
  17. Hugh Crean and Jay Bartot leaving Bing travel. A replay of what happened at Expedia? http://tinyurl.com/ydemyn6 8:31 AM Oct 5th, 2009 via TweetDeck
  18. Michael Stonebreaker's Goby is live. Interesting dataset + slick UI. Looks like US only for now. http://tinyurl.com/lsepv8 7:48 AM Oct 3rd, 2009 via TweetDeck
  19. Tnooz.com launched today. News, analysis & insight for the travel industry. Focus on tech and startups. http://www.tnooz.com/ 6:05 AM Sep 25th, 2009 via TweetDeck
  20. @openplaces @alexbainbridge ... longer term we think R search technology will do a better job serving PPC/PPR content. Everybody wins. 10:56 AM Jul 10th, 2009 via TweetDeck
  • Name Fred Lalonde
  • Location Boston, MA
  • Web http://www.hopper...
  • Bio Founder @hoppertravel. Serial entrepreneur in Boston & Montreal. @expedia, @tnooz and @makemytrip.
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