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Google-ITA Software deal: expert analysis

By Kevin May | July 2, 2010

Some of the Tnooz Nodes are weighing in with reaction and analysis on the Google-ITA Software deal announced on Thursday this week. Read More

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Google-ITA Software deal: Schmidt vague on whether flight metasearch is in the works

By Dennis Schaal | July 1, 2010

With an agreement to buy ITA Software signed, Google's Eric Schmidt isn't saying whether the new flight-search product it intends to develop would be a metasearch offering. Read More

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Google-ITA Software deal: the travel ecosystem as Google now sees it

By Kevin May | July 1, 2010

Google says the acquisition of ITA Software will create a "new, easier way for users to find better flight information online" - predicting that more air tickets will be sold online as a result. Read More

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Danish travel metasearcher has trains, planes and Southwest

By Dennis Schaal | June 29, 2010

Momondo, a Denmark-based travel metasearch engine with designs on the U.S. market, has integrated Amtrak schedules and fares, as well as Southwest's schedules, into its flight-search results. Read More

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Google-ITA Software deal hits a snag, array of other interested parties

By Kevin May | June 29, 2010

Expedia, Travelport and Kayak have all woken to news this morning that they are potential bidders for ITA Software, the travel technology firm also being courted by Google. Read More

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Bing Travel in the UK? Don't count on it just yet

By Kevin May | June 28, 2010

Consumers have waited what feels like years for Bing Travel metasearch to make its way across the Atlantic Ocean to sit within European versions of its search engine. Read More

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Travelzoo neatens itself up and introduces US website redesign

By Dennis Schaal | June 25, 2010

Travelzoo made good on its pledge and quietly introduced a redesign of its U.S. website. Read More

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TLabs Showcase - TravelSpec

By Kevin May | June 24, 2010

TLabs Showcase focus on startups featuring Manchester, UK-based TravelSpec. Read More

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Part One of Four: TripAdvisor boss not sold on Google Travel

By Dennis Schaal | June 24, 2010

Stephen Kaufer, the top guy at TripAdvisor, isn't ready to coronate Google as the king of online travel. Read More

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Travelzoo embarks on long-awaited site redesign

By Kevin May | June 16, 2010

Global travel deals publisher Travelzoo is to relaunch its websites, adding images, guides and social media to the mix. Read More

Turning hotel search on its head

By Glenn Gruber | June 7, 2010

The opportunities for hotel search are endless, especially if Microsoft can create something like its Pivot project. Read More

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Great way to search yet five big challenges for door-to-door site Zoombu

By Tim Hughes | June 7, 2010

I am a sucker for a new way to do online travel search. Read More

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Everbread, Radixx and Ypsilon unite for airline fare technology deal

By Kevin May | June 3, 2010

More low-key but steady developments in the world of search technology startup Everbread as it signs a pact with fellow system providers Ypsilon and Radixx. Read More

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Shock stats: Americans searching twice as much as Brits for World Cup flights

By Kevin May | June 1, 2010

Move aside football, soccer (that's, err, football to everyone else) and the FIFA World Cup in South Africa is proving more popular in the US than expected. Read More

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Google-ITA Software: a waiting game with plenty behind the scenes

By Timothy O'Neil-Dunne | May 28, 2010

The Google-ITA Software mating dance is going into overtime and we still don’t have a public statement and an answer. Read More

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