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Google has Zagat and now Kayak gets Frommers and BudgetTravel reviews

By Dennis Schaal | October 10, 2011

Perhaps as a hedge against Google's acquisition of Zagat, Kayak went ahead and added professional hotel reviews from Frommer's and Budget Travel. Read More

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Six myths of air travel search on the web

By Timothy O'Neil-Dunne | October 6, 2011

Facebook, at a recent travel conference in the US, suggested its role as one of being in the "happiness business". Read More

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How Steve Jobs helped make Apple become a major disruptor in travel

By Kevin May | October 6, 2011

The tech press, maintream media and seemingly anyone that has ever owned an Apple product is pouring forth with commentary and praise following the passing of ex-CEO Steve Jobs. Read More

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Understanding developments at the sharp end of mobile travel technology

By Glenn Gruber | October 5, 2011

Just as execs at travel brands are understanding what a mobile strategy should be, developers of the actual products are digesting what could be a landmark moment in mobile technology. Read More

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How is Google Flight Search performing so far? Go on, have a guess

By Kevin May | October 5, 2011

An extraordinary amount of interest in September when Google finally launched its long-awaited Flight Search product, five months after securing approval for buying ITA Software. Read More

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Over-reaction or a new 1984 - Filter Bubbles and the Web of One

By Kevin May | October 3, 2011

Last week's article by Travis Pittman of TourRadar was one of the most popular of 2011 on Tnooz - but, as so often is the case, some of the comments deserve a post of their own. Read More

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Kayak IPO stalled by volatile market conditions

By Kevin May | September 30, 2011

Plans by Kayak to place the company on the public financial markets in the US are being held up by ongoing worries about the state of the economy. Read More

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Microsoft mulls Bing Decision Engine decision and does anyone remember Bing Travel?

By Dennis Schaal | September 27, 2011

In the more than three years since Microsoft acquired Farecast to create it, Bing Travel has pretty much lost its identity and gotten swallowed up in the whole Bing thing. Read More

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Some rumors die hard -- Will Google become an online travel agency? [VIDEO]

By Dennis Schaal | September 23, 2011

Bruno Perez, co-founder of RevPar Guru, has resurrected the time-worn specter that Google is intent on becoming an online travel agency. Read More

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TripAdvisor says Google threatened search lock-out

By Dennis Schaal | September 22, 2011

Officials from TripAdvisor and Yelp say Google threatened to shut them out of search altogether if they didn't provide their content to Google Places. Read More

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Why do technology people want to get into travel when there is so little money in it?

By Viewpoints | September 22, 2011

There are a few things I do not understand. Actually, there are an awful lot of things I do not understand, but here is one thing which I ponder about, on a daily basis, with my travel hat on: Read More

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FairSearch survey: Americans back FTC probe of Google

By Dennis Schaal | September 21, 2011

Google opponent FairSearch released a survey showing 79% of Americans favor the U.S. Federal Trade Commission's antitrust probe of the search giant. Read More

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Big Data: Bringing the magic back to travel technology

By Frederic Lalonde | September 20, 2011

Last week I was invited to speak on a panel at the Boston THack, Tnooz's event for developers and engineers. The topic was innovation in travel technology. Read More