The latest craze or trend — you pick the word — among global distribution system vendors apparently is audio on their websites.
FTC clears Google acquisition of AdMob — cites Apple as emerging competitor
May 21, 2010 By 3 Comments
Travel advertisers who may have feared the market power inherent in Google’s pending $750 million acquisition of rival mobile ad network AdMob won’t find any help at the Federal Trade Commission.
Survey — Amadeus uses financial incentives, gains US travel agency market share
May 21, 2010 By 6 Comments
Among the four major global distribution systems, Sabre is the most widely used among U.S. travel agencies, although Amadeus is the fastest growing.
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Travel technology marketing is not what it used to be
May 21, 2010 By 16 Comments
Gone are the days when a technology firm like Amadeus or any of the other global distribution systems would appear at a handful of exhibitions or run print advertising in trade magazines.
TLabs Showcase – TravelJournal
May 21, 2010 By 4 Comments
TLabs focus on startups featuring Israel-based TravelJournal.
Google TV and the travel industry: time to make better videos
May 20, 2010 By 7 Comments
Google loves dropping an A-Bomb on the tech world, especially Apple it would increasingly appear, so today’s launch of Google TV has inevitably got the web buzzing (no pun intended).
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HomeAway, Booking.com lead the way — Expedia resigned to me-too
May 20, 2010 By 13 Comments
When he talks about HomeAway’s lead in vacation rentals and Booking.com’s edge in the retail-hotel business in Europe and Asia, Expedia Inc.’s Dara Khosrowshahi offers a similar refrain.
Barton, Blachford, Pittman, Shank, Fliess kick in several million dollars for Room 77 startup
May 20, 2010 By 3 Comments
A bunch of travel — and nontravel — heavywieghts have ponied up “several million dollars” for the latest stealth travel startup, Room 77.
An abusive Google if it grabs ITA Software? Expedia is worried and not worried
May 20, 2010 By 4 Comments
Would Google get “abusive” if it acquires ITA Software and gains even more market power in travel?
