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How Google uses the crowd to fill in the gaps on Maps

By Karthick Prabu | March 22, 2013

While Google is (controversially) phasing out services such as Reader, it is also increasingly focussed on its core products, especially its travel-related tool Maps. Read More

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Why the Priceline plan to buy Kayak should be investigated by regulators

By Viewpoints | March 20, 2013

A UK competition regulator, The Office of Fair Trading (OFT), is being kept busy in the travel space right now. Read More

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BBC sells Lonely Planet to NC2 Media for a near £80 million loss

By Linda Fox | March 19, 2013

After weeks of speculation and five years in BBC Worldwide's care, Lonely Planet has been sold to NC2 Media, based in Tennessee. Read More

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Google Flight Search (finally) goes international

By Kevin May | March 18, 2013

Almost three years on from announcing the acquisition of ITA Software and 18 months after launching a domestic-only service, Google Flight Search is finally heading overseas. Read More

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Google study of mobile search behavior reveals travel insights

By Sean O'Neil | March 18, 2013

Rather than ask people questions, Google tracked the behavior of volunteers. Read More

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Google versus Apple for travelers - played out in the skies [INFOGRAPHIC]

By Glenn Gruber | March 14, 2013

Apple versus Google - a modern battle between two giants of the digital economy which is being played out in a number of interesting ways. Read More

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Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) - growing, but leagues behind packaged tools [INFOGRAPHIC]

By Kevin May | March 11, 2013

Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) was probably the Big Data of the early-2000s - at term bounded about to describe a concept which actually had its roots going back decades. Read More

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Dark hat SEO and travel: Some insights from Danny Sullivan

By Sean O'Neil | March 8, 2013

In mid-February, Google seems to have penalized popular UK flower retailer Interflora for questionable search engine optimization (SEO) practices. Is a travel site next? Read More

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Influence of content in travel industry [INFOGRAPHIC]

By Karthick Prabu | March 7, 2013

In travel industry, its a proven fact that content matters a lot and it can make or break a traveler's buying decision. Infographic from RedRocketMedia reveals interesting facts about content influence... Read More

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Google launches "Sign-In with Google+" option - 101 guide for travel companies to interactive posts

By Karthick Prabu | March 7, 2013

Google has been known as a web search company for aeons. Now, Google is literally into everything on the web, including a growing penetration into the travel vertical. Read More

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Case study: Travel Republic hits 1 million followers on Google+, a UK agency first

By Sean O'Neil | March 5, 2013

Travel Republic, the UK online travel agency, has hit a social media milestone in attracting 1,021,907 followers on Google in less than a year. Read More

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Google Glass - the Next Big Thing in the travel industry?

By Karthick Prabu | February 22, 2013

Google's suite of web and mobile-based services are continuing their penetration into travel industry. But with the launch of Glass, Google's most hi-tech product yet, the ramifications for the sector... Read More

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The death of SEO and why keywords are possibly being removed to push paid traffic

By Viewpoints | February 12, 2013

Here is a piece of so-called Inside Baseball analysis that is slowly affecting large swathes of the travel industry, in particular hotels. Read More

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Google winding down B2B division at Frommers, travel sites need to find new content supplier

By Kevin May | February 12, 2013

One area of the Frommer's business that got little mention during the acquisition by Google last summer was the travel content service for other brands. Read More

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Google winding down B2B division at Frommers, travel sites need to find new content supplier

By Kevin May | February 12, 2013

One area of the Frommer's business that got little mention during the acquisition by Google last summer was the travel content service for other brands. Read More

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