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Airline Wi-Fi provider Gogo wired for IPO try

By Dennis Schaal | December 23, 2011

Just when you thought the IPO market for travel-oriented tech companies was dead, along comes Gogo to test the waters. Read More

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Kayak rises despite TV ad row - Top US travel sites, December 17 2011

By PhocusWire | December 20, 2011

Travel search site Kayak saw its share of the travel website marketplace increase last week despite coming under heavy criticism for its decision to pull an ad from a US TV show. Read More

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Kayak leaves All-American Muslim reality show, apologizes, initial explanation falls short

By Dennis Schaal | December 14, 2011

Kayak will not continue to advertise on the TLC reality show All-American Muslim and finds itself in a social media storm over its decision. Read More

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Corporate agency concedes search to searchers in new policy tool

By Dennis Schaal | December 8, 2011

There's a dirty little secret about corporate booking tools -- road warriors think they are clunky and a majority do their searching on more agile consumer sites before completing their reservations in... Read More

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How hotels can make a difference in destination search on Google

By Viewpoints | December 6, 2011

Hotel distribution changes every ten years. In the 1980s it was the GDS, in the 1990s the emergence of tour operators like TUI and Thomas Cook, and in the 2000s the adoption of the web and online travel... Read More

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Kayak mobile downloads soaring but no change in IPO chances

By Dennis Schaal | November 28, 2011

Kayak saw downloads of its mobile apps jump 97% to more than 5 million during the first nine months of 2011, but its IPO chances aren't on a similar trajectory. Read More

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Superfly mocks Kayak with launch of flight search and loyalty platform

By Kevin May | November 24, 2011

TLabs Showcase on travel startups featuring US-based Superfly, a platform which combines a flight search engine with a loyalty scheme management system. Read More

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Kayak adds Expedia as Book Kayak hotels provider

By Dennis Schaal | November 7, 2011

Travelocity's private label solution, World Choice Travel, has been the hotel provider for Kayak.com's Book Kayak option since March, but now the Expedia Affiliate Network is in on the action, as well. Read More

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Google Flight Search -- suddenly online travel agency ads appear

By Dennis Schaal | October 25, 2011

Google Flight Search launched six weeks ago with direct links to airline sites only, but now you'll also find online travel agency and Kayak ads at the bottom of search results pages. Read More

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Can we de-commoditize air travel once and for all?

By Evan Konwiser | October 20, 2011

Why is air travel such a commodity? After all, it’s often one of the most durable memories of a trip. Read More

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Google sheds light on size of ITA Software business

By Dennis Schaal | October 13, 2011

ITA Software, up until April, had been a privately held company, but Google today shed a bit of light on its acquisition's revenue numbers. Read More

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Why we dumped the Google Plus button from the front page of our travel search site

By Viewpoints | October 13, 2011

It was, unfortunately, bound to happen. PLUS ONE NO MORE. We removed the option to "+1" our front page today. Read More

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Google has Zagat and now Kayak gets Frommers and BudgetTravel reviews

By Dennis Schaal | October 10, 2011

Perhaps as a hedge against Google's acquisition of Zagat, Kayak went ahead and added professional hotel reviews from Frommer's and Budget Travel. Read More

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Google has Zagat and now Kayak gets Frommers and BudgetTravel reviews

By Dennis Schaal | October 10, 2011

Perhaps as a hedge against Google's acquisition of Zagat, Kayak went ahead and added professional hotel reviews from Frommer's and Budget Travel. Read More