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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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Google-ITA Software deal: Expedia's Dara was calm but Diller now very animated

By Kevin May | July 13, 2010

When the Google-ITA Software deal was first mooted in late-April 2010, Expedia CEO Dara Khosrowshahi appeared to reasonably relaxed about the whole thing. Read More

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Google-ITA Software deal: ITA has been working on hotels

By Dennis Schaal | July 12, 2010

Google's hotel strategy could get a good boost from its pending ITA Software acquisition. Read More

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Google-ITA Software deal: Why the airlines could be very happy

By Timothy O'Neil-Dunne | July 12, 2010

Events often conspire to create some strange bedfellow. In politics, expediency brings together unlikely candidates, such as in the recent UK election. Read More

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Google-ITA Software deal: Google quietly adds new rival to travel ecosystem chart

By Kevin May | July 8, 2010

When the Google-ITA Software deal was announced last week the search giant produced a handy diagram of how it now views the travel ecosystem. Read More

Google-ITA Software deal: Part of recent Google shopping behavior

By Dennis Schaal | July 8, 2010

Google's ITA Software deal -- just another day in the life? Read More

Google-ITA Software deal: Google expects Justice Department will handle inquiry

By Dennis Schaal | July 7, 2010

Google expects the U.S. Dept. of Justice to take up an antitrust inquiry into the company's proposed $700 million acquisition of ITA Software, and not the Federal Trade Commission, according to a source... Read More

Google-ITA Software deal: Justice Department silent on antitrust

By Dennis Schaal | July 6, 2010

A spokeswoman for the U.S. Dept. of Justice had "no comment" today on whether its Antitrust Division will take up Google's pending $700 million acquisition of ITA Software. Read More

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Three quarters of consumers use Google Suggest to begin their travel search

By Kevin May | July 6, 2010

Interesting study from Arena Quantum showing that search engine users are turning to the Google Suggest tool to kickstart their queries. Read More

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Google-ITA Software deal: official and very unofficial reaction

By Kevin May | July 2, 2010

So some of the big guns of the industry are starting to give their reaction to the Google-ITA Software deal. And, others are privately voicing their concerns. Read More

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