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Google results now updating like a travel metasearch site

By Kevin May | August 23, 2010

Almost every enhancement Google makes to its core product is inevitably now seen through the prism of its intentions to move into vertical areas of search, especially travel. Read More

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Challenges and opportunities of online travel in China

By Viewpoints | August 23, 2010

So what do hotel suppliers, airlines, ancillary service providers and travel distribution players face when they think about China? Read More

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Google fiddles search, does no evil for brands like Expedia

By Kevin May | August 20, 2010

This will either be a bit of a storm in a teacup or a fundamental change to how Google produces search results when users are searching for brands on the web. Read More

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ITA Software redesigns website with a consumer twist

By Dennis Schaal | August 13, 2010

Could ITA Software be getting a bit more consumer-oriented, now that it's almost in Google's clutches? Read More

Frontier, Everbread, Vayant join Open Axis -- ITA Software on the sidelines

By Dennis Schaal | August 11, 2010

Month-old standards body Open Axis Group picked up Frontier Airlines as a full member and air-search vendors Everbread and Vayant Travel Technologies as allied members -- but ITA Software is looking on... Read More

Net Neutrality: Saintly or sinful for travel startups?

By Glenn Gruber | August 11, 2010

This week Google and Verizon made a joint announcement on their “suggested guidelines” for Net Neutrality. Read More

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Google quietly tests map view within hotel advertising results

By Kevin May | August 10, 2010

More stealthy experimentation from Google with confirmation that hotel results are being served on maps from within AdWords search results. Read More

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Google-ITA Software deal: Kayak testing other vendors

By Dennis Schaal | August 6, 2010

Kayak is aggressively testing alternatives to ITA Software's QPX solution for air shopping and pricing, according to industry sources. Read More

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Clarke of Travelport on Google-ITA Software, IPO, airline contracts

By Dennis Schaal | August 5, 2010

Travelport recently released revision 4 of its e-Pricing airline shopping and faring tool and President and CEO Jeff Clarke says e-Pricing will continue to compete with ITA Software's QPX solution... Read More

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Ruba shuts website ten weeks after sale to Google

By Kevin May | August 2, 2010

So that was the end of that - just two and a half months after supposedly being acquired by Google the trip planning and tour operating platform Ruba is no longer. Read More

Stats: Most visible hotel sites in search and Google advertising

By Kevin May | August 2, 2010

Latest release of data from Greenlight Search indicating the top performers in the hotel sector in the UK across natural search and pay-per-click advertising. Read More

Is Expedia gearing up for acquisitions?

By Dennis Schaal | August 2, 2010

Expedia Inc. may be raising some money with acquisitions in mind. Read More

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Why a transparent web is better for travel than central control

By Timothy O'Neil-Dunne | July 26, 2010

Fragmentation is a complete anathema to centrally controlled distribution systems. Indeed, the web undone a lot of central controlling players within industries that depended on them. Read More

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Google-ITA Software deal: Google gets a mobile travel app, courtesy of ITA

By Kevin May | July 25, 2010

Business as usual at ITA Software as it releases a mobile travel search application for iPhone users and available for integration with client systems. Read More

Google-ITA Software deal: Engineering talent, intellectual property, price

By Dennis Schaal | July 16, 2010

Google pulled the trigger on about 20 acquisitions in the past year and, before it buys a company, the search-engine leader does its homework about each company's engineering talent, intellectual... Read More

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