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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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Fuel calculator added to Google Maps in the UK

By Kevin May | February 21, 2011

UK users of Google Maps appear to be the first to see a new feature which calculates the cost of fuel for a journey by road vehicles - an ideal feature for car hire users. Read More

Google to make travel search even more social

By Kevin May | February 17, 2011

Important update from the Googleplex today with news that searches will now feature more from a user's friends on social media sites and integration within the main results page. Read More

Tnooz THack London - more hacker videos

By Kevin May | February 11, 2011

Some more video from the Tnooz THack London showcase at the Travel Technology Europe this week. Read More

Tnooz THack London - more hacker videos

By Kevin May | February 11, 2011

Some more video from the Tnooz THack London showcase at the Travel Technology Europe this week. Read More

Tnooz THack London - more hacker videos

By Kevin May | February 11, 2011

Some more video from the Tnooz THack London showcase at the Travel Technology Europe this week. Read More

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Hotel brand hijacking in search - look out for a revolution

By Patrick Landman | February 10, 2011

Here is an interesting quandary - if online travel agencies claim to bring incremental business, why do they advertise on hotel brand names? Read More

Creativity everywhere - results from Tnooz THack London

By Kevin May | February 9, 2011

Some travel companies will spend months and acres of resources developing applications and web services for customers and clients - developers at the Tnooz THack did it ten days. Read More

Creativity everywhere - results from Tnooz THack London

By Kevin May | February 9, 2011

Some travel companies will spend months and acres of resources developing applications and web services for customers and clients - developers at the Tnooz THack did it ten days. Read More

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