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Smarty pants meet Smarty Pins, the new travel game from Google

By Nick Vivion | July 2, 2014

"Putting trivia on the map" is the tagline from the new travel trivia game from the Google team. The game places trivia questions within the context of a map, which creates an engaging place-specific Read More

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In an evil world, great travel content is THE essential weapon

By Pamela Whitby | July 2, 2014

When it comes to the big search debate, two clichés seem to apply - you get what you pay for and if you put in the effort you will reap the rewards. Still, whether you are shelling out or relying o Read More

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Why the travel industry needs the web to remain open and neutral

By Viewpoints | July 1, 2014

I have a dream of a perfect, utopian internet. But regulators have other ideas. Here in the US, for example, the Federal Communications Commission is proposing rules which will allow Internet Servi Read More

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How to go fishing in the Big Data lake of travel

By Pamela Whitby | June 27, 2014

If you are chief technology officer of one of the world biggest travel technology companies, you have to be a man on a mission. Edmond Mesrobian, CTO at Expedia Inc, is one such man, tasked as he i Read More

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HotelTonight claims industry first with mobile check-in and key-less entry

By Kevin May | June 25, 2014

Bragging rights it seems to HotelTonight with an update to its mobile app to include mobile check-in for hotels and the ability to enter rooms without a key. The same-day mobile hotel booking claim Read More

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TravelByDrone needs no explanation - view the world from user generated drone videos

By Kevin May | June 25, 2014

Going back a few years there were countless travel sites that fed in content to Google Maps from third parties. Championed by the likes of the Google Maps Mania blog for many years, integrating con Read More

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Flyover City Tours on iPhone create a drone-like destination guide

By Kevin May | June 23, 2014

Apple is testing all sorts of new features for the latest iteration of its operating system for iPhone and iPad. Some of the new additions to the platform were unveiled at the WWDC 2014 event earli Read More

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Open vs Closed Web in mobile travel - two sides of the same coin

By Viewpoints | June 23, 2014

Since the release of the first iPhone and Appstore in 2008, there has been an ongoing debate about the open versus closed web and which will ultimately win out. NB: This is an analysis by Jack Feue Read More

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Google Flight Search increases interactivity with visual airfare mapping

By Nick Vivion | June 20, 2014

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Travel videos + Selfies = loads of social media love for Turkish Airlines

By Karthick Prabu | June 20, 2014

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How mirror marketing by online travel agencies dramatically increases PPC costs

By Viewpoints | June 18, 2014

In most industries Google's Pay Per Click advertising model represents one of the most cost-effective and scalable drivers of direct business. But, unlike other industries, hotels encounter a huge Read More

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The impact of mobile on hotel in-market service

By Viewpoints | June 12, 2014

Consumers have all the hotels in the world at their fingertips, but how do they weed their way through all the clutter and “find something new” when there is only so much time in the day? NB: This Read More

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Google shows how local intent drives consumer engagement on smartphones, computers and tablets

By Nick Vivion | May 30, 2014

The latest report from Google's analysis arm, Think With Google, considers how local search drives consumer engagement on smartphones, computers and tablets. Titled "Understanding Consumer's Local Read More

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Germany crushes the US when it comes to radical innovation in technology

By PhocusWire | May 28, 2014

SYSTEMS: In the slightly blinkered world of the popular tech press, if you've invented Twitter or Google or Facebook then you're one click away from a Nobel Prize. Except in the real world of techno Read More

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Please, remember, mobile travel is here to stay - so here is the low-down on how people use their devices

By Kevin May | May 28, 2014

So-called mobile travel has been around long enough now that patterns are emerging around user search and booking behaviour. Ahead of the release of a report on European travel technology trends, P Read More

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