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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

FairSearch questions whether Google treatment of Kayak is retribution

By Dennis Schaal | February 8, 2011

FairSearch, the coalition opposed to Google's acquisition of ITA Software, questions whether Google's treatment of Kayak amounts to retribution against a competitor which has questioned Google's market... Read More

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Google tries new ways of capturing hotel reviews

By Viewpoints | February 4, 2011

The very public flap between Google and TripAdvisor over hotel reviews continues to play out like a travel industry soap opera. Read More

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Google axes one of its vertical search tests, not the one travel industry wants

By Kevin May | February 1, 2011

Hope for the anti-Googlers with news that the search giant is happy to pull the plug on one of its experiments to provide real-time pricing in search results. Read More

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Why 2011 will see a huge change in hotel marketing

By Viewpoints | February 1, 2011

Be aware, be very aware of this - 2011 will become the year of flash sales in travel. But not the way you think. Read More

Kayak sought Google firewalls for ITA Software servers

By Dennis Schaal | January 31, 2011

Among the assurances Kayak sought from Google in conjunction with its proposed ITA Software acquisition were firewalls to safeguard proprietary development work that Kayak did to implement ITA... Read More

Google-ITA Software deal: FairSearch.org says consent decree not enough

By Dennis Schaal | January 29, 2011

FairSearch.org, the coaltion spearheading opposition to Google's proposed acquisition of ITA Software, says it would be inadequate if the Department of Justice enters into a consent decree with Google... Read More

Google-ITA Software deal: Google negotiating conditions on deal

By Dennis Schaal | January 28, 2011

Google is reportedly talking to the Department of Justice, negotiating conditions on its proposed $700 million acquisition of ITA Software, in a bid to forestall a DOJ move to block the deal. Read More

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TripAdvisor upstream traffic -- Google sharply down, Facebook rising

By Dennis Schaal | January 28, 2011

The changing of the guard at Google, with cofounder Larry Page set to take on the CEO role in April, may have "nothing to do with competitors," as current CEO Eric Schmidt has stated. Read More

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Three top tips for remarketing techniques in travel

By Viewpoints | January 28, 2011

Did you know that more than 95% of website visitors leave before completing a transaction? Read More

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Google-ITA Software deal: Is mobile the key element?

By Kevin May | January 26, 2011

Perhaps one of the factors missing from much of the commentary around Google's proposed acquisition of ITA Software is around the mobile opportunity. Read More

Laughing at searching on the web for hotel reviews

By Kevin May | January 25, 2011

With all the ire about TripAdvisor and Google these days it's sometimes worth seeing how it all looks from the outside. Read More

How skewed Google search results would disrupt travel

By Timothy O'Neil-Dunne | January 25, 2011

Harvard Professor Ben Edelman makes a convincing case that Google has a built-in bias toward its own services. Read More

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Hotel and activity deals via Google Offers starting to hit the web

By Kevin May | January 25, 2011

Google's move into local deals - the Groupon clone, as some call it - is up and running with travel offers already working their way into the system. Read More

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