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Google Maps gets massive refresh, adds Uber as transport option

By Karthick Prabu | May 7, 2014

Google's continued creep into travel services continues with its Map product for Android and iPhone/iPad gaining Uber integration. The addition of the on-demand taxi hailing service comes as part o Read More

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Latest tech utterance: Ok Glass, book me a hotel

By Nick Vivion | May 5, 2014

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Better to give than receive... when it comes to Big Data in travel

By Viewpoints | May 1, 2014

The Big Data in Travel panel that Tnooz ran at the New York Travel Festival was a huge hit because it was one where the audience laughed at what was being discussed. Big Data is not all tech and ma Read More

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Larry Page - Google's come-back kid

By PhocusWire | May 1, 2014

MARKETING: Google's journey from university project to global technology and marketing giant is both impressive and scary - not least for one of its founders, Larry Page. Now the company's CEO, his Read More

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TripAdvisor wins with DaoDao debut, JustInTimeTourist watches the clock, and more devices news...

By PhocusWire | April 30, 2014

This is a roundup of product news and announcements for travel DEVICES in tourism and hospitality for April 2014. Wednesday 30 April 2014: TripAdvisor debuts DaoDao app in China The user rev Read More

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Dear tour operators, welcome to 2014 - online reviews drive bookings

By Viewpoints | April 25, 2014

I feel a bit like a dinosaur. I’ve been in the user generated content (UGC) game since before the words "social Media", "Web 2.0", "Facebook" or "Twitter" existed. NB: This is a guest article by Tr Read More

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Opportunities and challenges for metasearch marketing with hotels

By Viewpoints | April 24, 2014

As hotels continue their efforts to keep up with latest and greatest in electronic distribution, the three hottest topics continue to be mobile, social media and metasearch. NB: This article is wri Read More

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Googling for an answer: What's behind the Room 77 deal?

By Alex Kremer | April 22, 2014

In a move that surprised more than a few, Google recently licensed booking technology from Room 77 to "remake its search experience for hotels to look more like travel sites such as Priceline & Ex Read More

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Shoot this - SEO tactics to make YouTube perform for brands

By PhocusWire | April 21, 2014

MARKETING: Travel brands have become so focused (obsessed?) with how they perform in Google search that they often forget about that other enormous search engine owned by Google - YouTube. Like its Read More

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Report: Trivago UK nearly vanishes from Google search visibility

By Sean O'Neil | April 17, 2014

Trivago.co.uk, the British arm of the hotel search engine owned by travel giant Expedia Inc, appears to have vanished from search visibility -- possibly as the result of a Google penalty for breaking Read More

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Google study: Online travel purchases by channel, steps taken and time period

By Karthick Prabu | April 15, 2014

With customer buying behavior constantly evolving, online travel brands are constantly tuning their approach towards purchase patterns and other factors. Google has analyzed about 36,000 Google Ana Read More

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Does the rise of mobile apps mean decline of the open web?

By PhocusWire | April 14, 2014

DEVICES: How consumers use their devices seems to run in a kind of cycle - one minute we are apparently hearing the death knell of apps as the mobile web improves, but as users - forever creatures o Read More

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Digital love-in: Why Twitter, Facebook, Google and Amazon want to be each other

By PhocusWire | March 31, 2014

SOCIAL: Gone are the clear boundaries between a retailer like Amazon and a search engine such as Google. Add some social media into the mix and the two major networks are also changing their stripes Read More

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In defence of online travel agencies - they are not evil

By Viewpoints | March 31, 2014

There are multiple opinion pieces pushing ways in which hoteliers can free themselves from online travel agencies and increase their own direct bookings. NB: This is an analysis by Sabrina Lugo at Read More

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Thomas Cook keeps eye on stealthy Field Trip

By Linda Fox | March 31, 2014

Travel companies could be in for a shock if Google's moves with Field Trip become a play for holiday spending money. According to Thomas Cook digital expert John Straw, the search giant has been 'v Read More

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