Travel sites will be different a year from now, furnished with more communities, better and more integrated customer service and more personalization, among other features.

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His goal is to play more on creativity, personalization and service he can offer.

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Spotify, another streaming music service that has a radio personalization component, has quickly dominated in the areas of Europe that it operates in.

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There have been hacks involving MSN Messenger to relay feeds, but a more mainstream offering -- perhaps a partnership with a feed aggregation service, would greatly enhance personalization.

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Personalization, self-service and co-creation (or interactivity) are trends that are here to stay.

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Yahoo's music service, which premiered in August, blends personalization and community.

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The head of BBC iPlayer has announced on his blog that the on-demand service would be re-launching this week, this time offering personalization options and social networking features.

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In future updates to delta.com, customers will see additional service improvements which will include more robust customer alerts, improvements to flight search results, enhanced information displays and greater personalization based on their past travel behavior.

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