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Google testing new display for flight search results

By Kevin May | May 24, 2011

Google is quietly trying out some new functionality around flight searches, using the UK as a test bed to display journey duration and available airlines. Read More

Google and Apple -- federal sting and suicide nets at iPad 2 factory

By Dennis Schaal | May 23, 2011

Google and Apple are great global brands, but each face challenges which could tarnish their reputations. Read More

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Applying semantic search and ontology to the travel industry

By Viewpoints | May 20, 2011

The TED Conference produces many exceptional ideas and the one by Rory Sutherland explaining "intangible value" could be a beacon for the travel industry. Read More

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Has Google started to fail travel marketers and users?

By Viewpoints | May 19, 2011

All businesses seek out marketing channels to help them reach out to customers, and that they can invest in over time. Read More

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One in five hotel searches come from mobile devices

By Kevin May | May 17, 2011

Google says it is already seeing 19% of all hotel queries in search being conducted on mobile devices, supporting the idea that mobile is now more important than ever in travel marketing. Read More

Google outlines space travel strategy

By Kevin May | May 11, 2011

Ever wondered what else Google is up to when it's not throwing $700 million at travel technology companies? It is plotting the next wave of travel - space tourism. Read More

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Priceline adds Kayak hotel booking to its list of concerns

By Dennis Schaal | May 10, 2011

Priceline has long warned that Google's and Bing's "inroads into online travel" loom as potential threats and now it has added Kayak.com hotel bookings as a concern. Read More

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TripAdvisor extends flight search to six new countries

By Kevin May | May 10, 2011

TripAdvisor launches its flight metasearch system outside of the US and UK for the first time today, with Ireland, Canada, France, Italy, Germany and Spain joining in. Read More

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Facebook and YouTube tighten grip on social media

By Kevin May | May 8, 2011

If travel companies ever need proof why they should have a presence on YouTube and Facebook, it is here: the duo capture 75% of all visits to social networks in the UK. Read More

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Searches on Google - a language and global view

By Kevin May | May 6, 2011

Google developers having fun again, perhaps just to keep everyone else entertained over coffee. Now you can discover volume and language of searches on a spinning globe! Read More

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Google triggers scramble for free hotel images for Places pages

By Kevin May | May 6, 2011

Google has formally announced (after piloting last year) a project to offer businesses such as hotels free panoramic views of their properties on Google Places. Read More

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VisitBritain and Google unite for best Streetview promotion

By Kevin May | May 5, 2011

Interesting collaboration between a tourism board and Google, with VisitBritain working with Google to produce a competition to find the best street in the UK. Read More

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Google brings hotel price ads and booking front and center

By Dennis Schaal | April 27, 2011

There's no missing it: Google's experimentation with hotel price ads and booking is becoming more dramatic and prominent. Read More

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Latest Google crackdown: Travel sites with keyword based domains

By Kevin May | March 17, 2011

Another day, another change to the Google search algorithm likely to send a shiver down the spine of some travel brands heavily reliant on traffic from the search giant. Read More

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Hopper ready to unleash full text travel search system

By Dennis Schaal | March 14, 2011

If the future of travel search is something like Hopper, and if Google has something like this in mind for its ITA Software acquisition, then opponents of the deal may have more to worry about than they... Read More

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