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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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Food for thought: Dozens of global travel factoids to chew on

By Kevin May | March 11, 2011

One inevitable area of travel exhibitions and conferences is that many organisations use the occasion to throw out some fascinating statistics and trends. Read More

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Google launches people finder service after Japan earthquake and tsunami

By Kevin May | March 10, 2011

Google has established its people finder service for those affected by the 8.9 registered earthquake and resulting tsunami today. Read More

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FairSearch tries the satire route in its war with Google

By Kevin May | March 4, 2011

It must be Friday in lobbyingland, with the anti-Google coalition FairSearch mocking the search giant's efforts to talk up the benefits of its proposed acquisition of ITA Software. Read More

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Ultimate guide to the specialist tour and in-destination activity market

By Alex Bainbridge | March 4, 2011

This is an attempt to categorise all the key English speaking global players in tours and activities in one place (plus a few other interesting companies). Read More

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Hipmunk launches hotel search, swaps agony for ecstasy

By Kevin May | March 1, 2011

Another development in the still short life of Silicon Valley darling Hipmunk with the unveiling of its hotel search service. Read More

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Big travel sites hit by Google content farming clearout

By Kevin May | February 28, 2011

A string of well known travel brands - including Uptake and Travelpod - have fallen foul of a crackdown by Google on what it calls "low-quality sites" or "sites that are just not very useful". Read More

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Expedia sorry for New Zealand earthquake email error

By Kevin May | February 22, 2011

Expedia has apologised after an email promo featuring a picture of Christchurch cathedral in New Zealand was sent just hours after the city was struck by a fatal earthquake. Read More

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