Almost 12 months to the day, Google finally announced what many had been anticipating for years: the search giant was getting into travel in a major way.... Read More

TLabs Showcase on travel startups featuring Germany-based tour and activity marketplace Tripodo.... Read More

Interesting ramping up of metasearch services from TripAdvisor today with the addition of European rail services to its existing flight metasearch engine.... Read More

Some exposure you just can't buy - so European startup TripWolf must be full of cheer this week after being selected as app-of-choice for a new Deutsche Telekom TV ad.... Read More

The owners of TravelPost launched Trover, an iPhone-based travel social network that aims to "become your highly personalized guide to the world."... Read More

Now that year-long negotiations with the Vacation Rental Managers Association have collapsed, Pegasus Solutions says it is continuing to develop a vacation rental switch and will bring it to market on its own.... Read More

It is impossible to attend a conference these days without an in-depth session (or two) on best practices for social media marketing in travel.... Read More

As we ponder the mysteries of the iPad and mobile experience on the web, are we seeing a fundamental shift in user behaviour?... Read More

TLabs Showcase on travel startups featuring US-based travel property exchange service Skyra.... Read More

Major new emphasis from the tourism authorities in New Zealand with a radical repositioning of its web presence to focus on user generated content and destination activities.... Read More

Data trends on cheapest hotel rates as well as median rate for three months of three, four and five star hotels across some of the major cities in North America, June to August 2011.... Read More

Doubles all round in the marketing department for Carnival Cruise Lines after passing the one million fan mark for its Facebook page.... Read More

To stay relevant, travel companies need to adapt themselves to the changing times, and currently that means mobile.... Read More

The investment by Chinese search leader Baidu into local metasearch company Qunar can be proclaimed a data point on China becoming the largest economy in the world.... Read More

MoneyDirect, a joint venture by Amadeus and Sabre to handle multi-channel payments across the travel and tourism industry, is to be axed.... Read More