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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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Google quietly introduces social travel service Schemer

By Alex Bainbridge | December 12, 2011

There are a number of pieces missing from the Google travel jigsaw. So far its focus has been on data-driven services - Maps, Flight Search, Hotel Finder, Places and the ubiquitous click-based... Read More

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Imagine what a tourism board could do to its greatest attractions with this technology

By Kevin May | December 11, 2011

Dismiss for a moment the fact that it's an ad for mobile handset manufacturer LG, this quite extraordinary use of 3D film and lights in a live setting has enormous potential in travel. Read More

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Google takes Maps inside airports, see where all this could be heading?

By Kevin May | December 9, 2011

Three months after Bing launched its version, Google has decided it is a good idea to give consumers on-the-go access to detailed maps of airports. Read More

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