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Will Google Flight Search adopt open advertising model? With airlines safe, Farelogix exits FairSearch

By Dennis Schaal | October 24, 2011

With the beachhead secured, Farelogix dropped out of FairSearch.org, the anti-Google lobbying group. Read More

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Twitter suspends Travel Ad Network account as company rebrands

By Dennis Schaal | October 24, 2011

Twitter suspended Travel Ad Network's Twitter account "due to violation of Twitter's trademark policy." Read More

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Orbitz Worldwide fined $60K on airfare fee disclosures

By Dennis Schaal | October 18, 2011

The US Department of Transporation fined Orbitz Worldwide for failure to adequately disclose taxes and fees in certain airfare advertisements in early 2011. Read More

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Google sheds light on size of ITA Software business

By Dennis Schaal | October 13, 2011

ITA Software, up until April, had been a privately held company, but Google today shed a bit of light on its acquisition's revenue numbers. Read More

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Wanderfly spreads the inspiration through New York Times destination pages

By Dennis Schaal | October 7, 2011

Wanderfly, seeking to spread its vacation inspiration and reach, began offering a Discover New Destinations feature on about 1,000 New York Times travel-destinations pages. Read More

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Bermuda tourism board gets Google assist in first mobile advertising campaign

By Dennis Schaal | September 26, 2011

The Bermuda Department of Tourism is midway through its first mobile ad campaign as it targets a relatively affluent audience from nearby markets on the East Coast of the US. Read More

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Oyster gives new (high) definition to panoramic hotel photos

By Dennis Schaal | September 23, 2011

Oyster.com just implemented panoramic hotel photos in a very big way. Read More

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Gogo launches first national TV ads since rebranding [VIDEO]

By Dennis Schaal | September 22, 2011

Gogo introduced national TV ads, radio spots and an integrated marketing campaign -- its first TV campaign since rebranding the company. Read More

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TripAdvisor says Google threatened search lock-out

By Dennis Schaal | September 22, 2011

Officials from TripAdvisor and Yelp say Google threatened to shut them out of search altogether if they didn't provide their content to Google Places. Read More

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Travel Spike sues Travel Ad Network for trademark infringement

By Dennis Schaal | September 21, 2011

Travel Spike filed a trademark infringement lawsuit against Travel Ad Network and is seeking damages and all profits TAN derived while allegedly illegally using the Travel Ad Network trademark. Read More

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Stimulus and the Moments of Truth in hotel marketing

By Viewpoints | September 6, 2011

Moment of Truth is a concept proposed by Procter and Gamble to describe a step on the purchase cycle by a customer. Read More

Are business travelers using mobile getting Groupon crazy?

By Dennis Schaal | August 24, 2011

Has Groupon and the voucher craze in general seeped into the psyche of smartphone-wielding road warriors? Read More

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Time to wave goodbye to intermediaries in travel brand search results?

By Kevin May | August 16, 2011

Google, as well all know, loves to play innocent and quietly test new formatting for its search results, Places pages, maps, etc - as those relying heavily on search gulp in horror. Read More

TripAdvisor warns of potential liability from reviews and comments

By Dennis Schaal | August 2, 2011

It isn't often that you get a lot of candor from TripAdvisor about the hazards of user-generated content, but parent company Expedia says TripAdvisor "faces potential liability" for content users post... Read More

FairSearch-commissioned study: Google may have negative economic impact

By Dennis Schaal | July 27, 2011

A study commissioned for FairSearch.org concludes that Google's net impact on the U.S. economy may be "negative" because of the search engine's "dominance and market power." Read More

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