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TLabs Showcase - TripSwarm

By Kevin May | October 28, 2010

TLabs Showcase on travel startups featuring US-based trip planner and flight search site TripSwarm. Read More

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Organic search results for travel almost dead on Google

By Kevin May | October 28, 2010

Google announced yesterday an upgrade to its search functionality, a programme of improvements being rolled out around the world to ramp up place search. Read More

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Google-ITA Software deal: Who is missing from the FairSearch plot?

By Kevin May | October 27, 2010

Those behind the FairSearch anti-Google movement will clearly have been delighted with the acres of coverage the launch received yesterday. Read More

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Google-ITA Software deal: Anti-deal consortium goes public

By Kevin May | October 25, 2010

Expedia, Kayak, Sabre Holdings and Farelogix have unveiled the public face to their opposition of the Google-ITA Software deal with the launch of FairSearch.org. Read More

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Google internal email the travel industry would hate to see

By Timothy O'Neil-Dunne | October 20, 2010

I was thinking what if I ran the Troogleplex - Google’s burgeoning travel space. Would a memo to staff like this be leaked to a potentially terrified industry... Read More

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Why Google buying a consumer travel site is not a mad idea

By Alex Bainbridge | October 13, 2010

These rumours about Google supposedly buying Opodo are great fun. Unlikely, but fun. Read More

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Skyscanner takes covers off ski trip planning experiment

By Kevin May | October 12, 2010

Interesting departure for metasearch site Skyscanner with news that its newly formed labs team have developed a trip planning service for ski holidays. Read More

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Windows Phone 7 brings voice activated flight status

By Kevin May | October 11, 2010

Microsoft is pushing hard with the apparent gazillions of new features on the Windows Phone 7 released today - but little mention so far of one neat piece of functionality. Read More

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Google slaps Google Bypass with injunction over trademark

By Kevin May | October 6, 2010

OnHolidayGroup was breathing a sigh of relief a little prematurely over its cheekily titled Google Bypass project - Big G has ordered it stop using the name immediately. Read More

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Google tests website preview in search results

By Kevin May | October 6, 2010

Another day, another test by the Googleplex it seems - this time a pop-up window in search results to show users a preview of each website. Read More

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Google Bypass releases early figures, no moans from Google

By Kevin May | October 4, 2010

Much interest a month ago in the launch of a personal affiliate scheme on Facebook that allows users to get rewards for recommending travel products to friends. Read More

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TripAdvisor defamation pact widens to include attractions and rentals

By Kevin May | October 1, 2010

The company behind a legal challenge to TripAdvisor over alleged defamatory reviews says scope for the action will include more than just property owners. Read More

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Is this the best cruise agency website in the world?

By Kevin May | September 24, 2010

Cruise operators have done plenty to spruce up their websites in recent years yet innovation amongst the online travel agencies has been less prominent. Read More

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How Google Instant can affect hotels

By Viewpoints | September 24, 2010

So Google Instant has set the worlds of digital marketing and search engine optimisation on edge - yet again - as real-time search finally arrives. Read More