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The agony of travel search and the eyeglass shop paradox
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The agony of travel search and the eyeglass shop paradox
By Daniele Beccari | March 16, 2011
With the proposed acquisition of ITA Software by Google, Kayak's apparent serial successes, Hipmunk buzz, Everbread expectations, and many more, it looks like the search problem is still looking for the... Read More
Two out of five UK travel websites fail to capture search traffic
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Two out of five UK travel websites fail to capture search traffic
By Kevin May | March 16, 2011
Interesting and initially unbelievable study by Clickscene, to determine the amount of traffic travel sites get from search engines, has found 39% get a depressing zero. Read More
Hopper ready to unleash full text travel search system
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Hopper ready to unleash full text travel search system
By Dennis Schaal | March 14, 2011
If the future of travel search is something like Hopper, and if Google has something like this in mind for its ITA Software acquisition, then opponents of the deal may have more to worry about than they... Read More
Travel tech firm Partners Software files for insolvency but operations continue
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Travel tech firm Partners Software files for insolvency but operations continue
By Kevin May | March 14, 2011
Thomas Cook flight search technology provider Partners Software is promising business-as-usual despite filing for insolvency in Germany. Read More
FairSearch tries the satire route in its war with Google
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FairSearch tries the satire route in its war with Google
By Kevin May | March 4, 2011
It must be Friday in lobbyingland, with the anti-Google coalition FairSearch mocking the search giant's efforts to talk up the benefits of its proposed acquisition of ITA Software. Read More
High-brow hotel search arrives - select by Haiku description
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High-brow hotel search arrives - select by Haiku description
By Kevin May | March 4, 2011
One of the quirkier new travel sites to appear on the web in recent months - Hotel Haiku, where visitors get hotel property descriptions in, well, Haiku. Read More
Ultimate guide to the specialist tour and in-destination activity market
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Ultimate guide to the specialist tour and in-destination activity market
By Alex Bainbridge | March 4, 2011
This is an attempt to categorise all the key English speaking global players in tours and activities in one place (plus a few other interesting companies). Read More
Hipmunk launches hotel search, swaps agony for ecstasy
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Hipmunk launches hotel search, swaps agony for ecstasy
By Kevin May | March 1, 2011
Another development in the still short life of Silicon Valley darling Hipmunk with the unveiling of its hotel search service. Read More
TLabs Showcase - Room77
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TLabs Showcase - Room77
By Dennis Schaal | March 1, 2011
TLabs Showcase on travel startups featuring US-based room-level hotel search engine Room77. Read More
Bing launches Autosuggest Flight Prices naturally
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Bing launches Autosuggest Flight Prices naturally
By Dennis Schaal | February 28, 2011
Bing introduced Autosuggest Flight Prices, which predicts the lowest fare over the next 90 days and whether that ticket price will rise or fall. Read More
Big travel sites hit by Google content farming clearout
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Big travel sites hit by Google content farming clearout
By Kevin May | February 28, 2011
A string of well known travel brands - including Uptake and Travelpod - have fallen foul of a crackdown by Google on what it calls "low-quality sites" or "sites that are just not very useful". Read More
Travel advertising rules - good for consumers, nightmare for companies
By Kevin May | February 23, 2011
A regulatory storm is heading for the UK, where pretty much every travel company will have to watch for blunders on any of its publicly available information on the web. Read More
Ten reasons why travel marketers should consider Facebook
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Ten reasons why travel marketers should consider Facebook
By Viewpoints | February 11, 2011
With over 600 million active users regularly sharing their preferences, likes and location, Facebook’s enormous amount of user data makes the social network an incredibly powerful performance based... Read More
TLabs Showcase - Beachionary
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TLabs Showcase - Beachionary
By Kevin May | February 10, 2011
TLabs Showcase on travel startups featuring UK-based trip Beachionary, a trip planning and community platform targeting beach lovers. Read More
Hotel brand hijacking in search - look out for a revolution
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Hotel brand hijacking in search - look out for a revolution
By Patrick Landman | February 10, 2011
Here is an interesting quandary - if online travel agencies claim to bring incremental business, why do they advertise on hotel brand names? Read More
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