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TripAdvisor and Google make the top three hotel search results even more precious

By Sean O'Neil | September 23, 2015

In recent months, TripAdvisor and Google have continued to experiment with how they display hotels in their metasearch services for consumers. Their design changes prompt users to pay even more specia Read More

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For hotels, Google expands direct commission-based bookings [UPDATED]

By Sean O'Neil | September 22, 2015

Today Google announced some changes to how it markets and distributes hotel inventory, making it easier for hotels to list their properties directly on its site -- and to collect leads seamlessly on m Read More

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Airlines not trying very hard to fight intermediaries in Google search

By Kevin May | September 18, 2015

Online travel agencies and metasearch engines are pushing airlines out of Google search engine results. In fact, digital marketing agency EveryMundo reckons airlines are so out of the picture when Read More

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Apple vs Google vs Facebook - AKA the death of the web

By PhocusWire | September 17, 2015

You might think the conversation about ad blocking is about user experience. Read More

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There is no single way to build a great culture for a startup

By PhocusWire | September 10, 2015

What defines a great startup culture? And is it one that follows the footsteps of Silicon Valley startups? Read More

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Marriott finally finds a use for a top-level domain extension

By Kevin May | September 7, 2015

Seems like an (internet) age ago, but 2011 and 2012 saw a huge marketing campaign for businesses to buy additional web domains. The idea was supposed to be quite simple: web naming regulator Icann Read More

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Google Gmail and Calendar now synch to help business travelers

By Sean O'Neil | August 26, 2015

By early September, Google will begin to have its Gmail and Google Calendar services interact more closely to help, as it says, "make business travel planning even more seamless." Events from Gmail Read More

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Think with Google debuts a travel dashboard to help US marketers

By Sean O'Neil | August 24, 2015

Today Google's marketing research arm, Think with Google, unveiled its Travel Dashboard -- a free online tool that highlights recent and year-over-year trends based on Google data across the car renta Read More

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This Air France ad is the top travel brand video of 2015, so far, says Google

By Sean O'Neil | August 24, 2015

Congratulations (or, we should say, félicitations ) to Air France for having created an advertisement that has been more popular than any other video from any other travel company so far in 2015, acco Read More

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Back to basics - ten tips for travel search marketing [INFOGRAPHIC]

By Kevin May | August 21, 2015

Okay, so we all know that both leisure and business travellers use the web for researching travel plans. And that, therefore, search marketing plays (and still plays, despite the supposed rise of s Read More

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How the Google network infrastructure has evolved

By PhocusWire | August 19, 2015

Google has announced that it wants to fix your home wifi, but internally, it has long been working on far more complex networking issues. Read More

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Can Amazon, Uber or Google employees still have a life?

By PhocusWire | August 19, 2015

A focus on data to wring out the most possible efficiency from employees. An ulcer-inducing work pace. Read More

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Hoteliers - worried about instant bookings? Learn from Amazon!

By Viewpoints | August 11, 2015

Over the past few weeks there has been a major shift in the travel industry that has the potential to significantly impact booking revenue for hospitality organizations. NB This is a guest article Read More