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By Dennis Schaal | September 19, 2011

Amadeus used its own hotel API and others from SilverRail, Goby, Google and Facebook to create a sports fans travel recommendations website, to take top honors at THack Boston. Read More

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Best of Tnooz Last Week - Google reveals, TripAdvisor shifts, Facebook dislikes

By PhocusWire | September 18, 2011

What were the best articles on Tnooz last week? Read More

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Why travel search startups have nothing to fear from Google

By Viewpoints | September 15, 2011

Being located 17 hours ahead of Silicon Valley often has you lagging behind on the big news. On waking the other morning at home in Melbourne, Australia, the inbox and Twitters were abuzz - Google had... Read More

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Google offered helping hand by Skyscanner to take Flight Search global

By Kevin May | September 14, 2011

Many of those outside the often inward-looking bubble that is US online travel have always considered the more intriguing part of Google entering travel to be the global play. Read More

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FairSearch asks if Google Flight Search partners will be coerced into playing

By Kevin May | September 14, 2011

FairSearch, fierce opponent of Google's acquisition of ITA Software, was quick out of the blocks to pour a healthy dose of scepticism over the search giant's launch of Flight Search. Read More

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Google launches Flight Search with booking links to airline sites only

By Dennis Schaal | September 13, 2011

In a stunning move, Google and ITA Software unveiled their long-awaited Flight Search product -- with booking links to airline websites only. Read More

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Semantic technology and the travel shopping experience

By Viewpoints | September 13, 2011

In a previous Tnooz article I suggested that internet technology had transformed the travel transaction into a self-service, always on, multiple choice, zero friction vending machine. Read More

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Triposo lets algorithms be your trip planning guide

By Dennis Schaal | September 9, 2011

TLabs Showcase on travel startups featuring US-based Triposo, a free travel content and trip planning system for Android, iPad and iPhone. Read More

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Is it time for travel brands to take back their customer reviews?

By Stephen Joyce | September 9, 2011

We know how powerful sites like TripAdvisor, Yelp, and others have become when it comes to consumer reviews of hotels, restaurants, etc. Read More

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Google acquires destination content partner in Zagat

By Dennis Schaal | September 8, 2011

Google acquired restaurant-review specialist Zagat, saying in a blog post it "will be a cornerstone of our local offering..." Read More

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How Google Apps can help skinny startups and big travel brands

By Viewpoints | September 7, 2011

Forget Google and its push into the travel industry for a moment - less talked about is its drive to define how companies handle their web logistics. Read More

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Social Web overtakes Google Sidewiki

By Dennis Schaal | September 6, 2011

Google is cleaning house and shuttering Sidewiki and certain other services. Read More

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Epic web battles: Airlines fees vs lower fares

By Timothy O'Neil-Dunne | September 5, 2011

There have been some epic battles over the years as industries have had to reinvent themselves as a result of the internet and electronic devices. Read More