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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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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

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