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Vodafone launches first travel app, promises metasearch
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Vodafone launches first travel app, promises metasearch
By Kevin May | August 24, 2010
Mobile network Vodafone has taken delivery of its first travel content and flight search application for smartphones, courtesy of technology firm Mantic Point. Read More
Google results now updating like a travel metasearch site
By Kevin May | August 23, 2010
Almost every enhancement Google makes to its core product is inevitably now seen through the prism of its intentions to move into vertical areas of search, especially travel. Read More
Challenges and opportunities of online travel in China
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Challenges and opportunities of online travel in China
By Viewpoints | August 23, 2010
So what do hotel suppliers, airlines, ancillary service providers and travel distribution players face when they think about China? Read More
Google fiddles search, does no evil for brands like Expedia
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Google fiddles search, does no evil for brands like Expedia
By Kevin May | August 20, 2010
This will either be a bit of a storm in a teacup or a fundamental change to how Google produces search results when users are searching for brands on the web. Read More
Google quietly tests map view within hotel advertising results
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Google quietly tests map view within hotel advertising results
By Kevin May | August 10, 2010
More stealthy experimentation from Google with confirmation that hotel results are being served on maps from within AdWords search results. Read More
TravelSupermarket promises improvements as revenue slumps
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TravelSupermarket promises improvements as revenue slumps
By Kevin May | August 4, 2010
UK travel metasearch site TravelSupermarket confirmed big falls across its key performance indicators this morning as the economic outlook showed little sign of improvement in Q1 2010. Read More
Ruba shuts website ten weeks after sale to Google
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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
Google-ITA Software deal: Expedia boss issues stern warning
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Google-ITA Software deal: Expedia boss issues stern warning
By Kevin May | July 30, 2010
Pressure is coming at Google from some of its biggest advertisers demanding that it plays fair when finally unveiling how it will use the $700 million acquisition of ITA Software. Read More
Are travel inspiration and the new travel search the same thing?
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Are travel inspiration and the new travel search the same thing?
By Martin Collings | July 28, 2010
With so much being written on the topics of travel inspiration and how travel search is evolving, I’ve come to the conclusion that the differences are really much less than what makes them similar. Read More
Why a transparent web is better for travel than central control
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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
Google-ITA Software deal: Google gets a mobile travel app, courtesy of ITA
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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: Expedia's Dara was calm but Diller now very animated
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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
Google-ITA Software deal: Why the airlines could be very happy
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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
Google-ITA Software deal: Google quietly adds new rival to travel ecosystem chart
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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
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