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With Google, Apple and Facebook on the prowl, will hotels lose even more control of distribution?

By Dennis Schaal | January 25, 2012

In the middle of the last decade, hotels flexed some muscle to take back some semblance of distribution control from the likes of Expedia and Hotels.com, but with Google, Apple and Facebook waiting in... Read More

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Is it time for a global HotelWiki to assist the industry (and consumers) with hotel distribution?

By Viewpoints | January 25, 2012

There is a certain helplessness creeping in around online hotel distribution which is worrying hotels in Europe and worldwide. Read More

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Amid controversy, Google Africa SME play expands - with Ghana Tourism deal

By Viewpoints | January 22, 2012

The last few weeks haven't been great for Google, especially for its operations in Africa. Read More

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Reinventing Yahoo, version 804: Start by buying TripAdvisor

By Viewpoints | January 6, 2012

I have learned many things as a chronicler of the digital media industry over the last decade plus. Read More

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Seventeen mistakes hotels make with travel review websites

By Viewpoints | January 5, 2012

It surprises me that many hoteliers do nothing with review sites. Even if all the reviews are positive, there should still be some level of management response. Read More

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Big Data and the infinite possibilities for the travel industry

By Alex Kremer | January 4, 2012

Similar to most up-and-coming technologies, there is much confusion as to what something like Big Data really means and how it can help make the customer experience better and lead to more sales. Read More

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HotelMaps takes on Hipmunk and Google with accommodation finder service

By Kevin May | January 4, 2012

TLabs Showcase on travel startups featuring Germany-based HotelMaps, an interactive map platform to find accommodation around the world. Read More

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Google flight search bias? What about Bing?

By Dennis Schaal | January 3, 2012

Google has been taking a lot of heat for placing Google Flight Search results above all organic results, but although Bing has largely flown under the radar, it takes preferencing even a step further... Read More

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Why you need to care about travel technology, semantic web and ontology

By Viewpoints | January 3, 2012

What does this all this mean for the wider travel industry? How do XML schema and ontologies connect? Why does it matter? Should you care? Read More

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Where next with technology for tourism boards and destination marketing organisations?

By Viewpoints | December 30, 2011

In late 2010, we interviewed 650 destination marketing organizations to determine what they had in the way of tools for delivering web content to visitors. Read More

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Big shuffle in the world of hotel marketing and distribution in 2012

By Patrick Landman | December 22, 2011

There are some major developments ahead in the hotel sector which will demand attention of hoteliers in order to stay in control of their marketing mix and distribution costs. Read More

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Big questions as Google circles the wagons around the hotel industry

By Viewpoints | December 16, 2011

As we now know, Google is testing a version of its Comparison Ads format for online hotels. Read More

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Google plants Hotel Finder tool right above every other ad

By Kevin May | December 15, 2011

More developments at Google likely to tweak the noses of the hotel industry and online travel agencies as it puts tools for Hotel Finder at the top of search results. Read More

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With Clever Sense mobile acquisition, Alfred works for Google now

By Dennis Schaal | December 13, 2011

Google acquired Clever Sense and its Meet Alfred local restaurant and nightlife iOS and Android apps. Read More

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Not for print -- Visit Florida launches co-op advertising with Google

By Dennis Schaal | December 12, 2011

Google has figured out a way to grab some more share of the print advertising market in travel -- a co-op advertising program with Visit Florida. Read More

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