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Voice tech in travel, part 1: Brand adoption

By Mitra Sorrells | March 5, 2018

The days of typing search terms into a browser or clicking through drop-down menus may be fading. Rising in their place is a much more natural interface: voice. Read More

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Google Flights: the mainstream player everyone feared?

By Kevin May | March 2, 2018

Google doesn't really talk about how well its Flights metasearch engine is shaping up against its powerful competitors - but external data providers can help shine a light. Read More

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Google's new Hangouts Chat launches with Kayak chatbot

By Mitra Sorrells | March 1, 2018

Google has released Hangouts Chat – a collaboration tool widely called Google’s competitor to Slack – and Kayak is one of several companies that have built bots that are integrated with the Chat... Read More

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Booking Holdings reveals $12.7B revenue, goes lukewarm on Airbnb threat

By Mitra Sorrells | February 28, 2018

Booking Holdings – the new name for what was Priceline Group – showed significant growth across all sectors in 2017, with most key metrics up around 20%. Read More

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Booking.com first as Google rates UK travel sites on mobile friendliness

By Linda Fox | February 25, 2018

Google has rated Booking.com, followed by Kayak, eDreams and Lastminute, as the most mobile-friendly travel sites in the UK. The release of the research, timed for the start Mobile Web Congress in Read More

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Kayak's new desktop app inspires wanderlust from the cubicle

By Mitra Sorrells | January 30, 2018

Mobile may be gaining ground for travel research and bookings, but the desktop still dominates. Read More

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Online vs. offline: Where travel brands drive the most positive sentiment

By Mitra Sorrells | January 18, 2018

Most online travel sites are generating better brand awareness via consumers’ face-to-face conversations than they are through social media, according to a report from Engagement Labs, which analyzes... Read More

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Expedia and TripAdvisor win consumer hearts and minds online and offline

By Marisa Garcia | January 17, 2018

Data and analytics platform Engagement Labs has released its latest TotalSocial rankings of the top-performing online travel agency and travel search brands in the US, showing Expedia and TripAdvisor Read More

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Fighting for the top slot in hotel SEM and SEO

By Marisa Garcia | January 11, 2018

A new report by L2 “Luxury Hotels: Google Hotel Finder vs OTAs” highlights a shift in the advertising strategies of leading hotel brands as these continue their direct booking battle with the leading Read More

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How travel giants are retaining confidence of investors

By Mitra Sorrells | January 4, 2018

The Priceline Group and Expedia Inc. are tipped for another strong year ahead, according to two independent financial analysts. Read More

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Where are Google's travel search ambitions?

By Kevin May | November 17, 2017

It’s beginning to feel like a different era when Google bought ITA Software in 2010 for $700 million. Read More

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Time for travel search engines to up their game

By Gilad Berenstein - Utrip | November 15, 2017

With the advent of search engines like Google and Yahoo! almost two decades ago, accessing information became incredibly easy. Read More

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VIDEO: English, Gerstner and Hafner - Next Big Thing

By Kevin May | November 14, 2017

A petri dish of testosterone? Three of the leading lights of online travel of the past decade or so gaze into their crystal balls? Read More

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Flight metasearch - hard landing into a new business model

By Viewpoints | September 26, 2017

This is a viewpoint from Philippe Der Arslanian, CEO, Answair. Metasearchers are facing a real problem. Google, Kayak, Skyscanner and many others are spending a lot in attracting travellers look Read More

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Distribution dilemma for Latin America airlines

By Viewpoints | September 7, 2017

This is a viewpoint from Thomas Allier, co-founder and CEO at Viajala. In the 1930's Uruguayan artist Joaquin Torres Garcia opened a modern art school in Montevideo. In the 1940s he designed a logo Read More

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