Google on social, new travel business models and mobile

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We managed to grab some time recently with Ali Yilmaz, travel head for South East Asia at Google.

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Top travel websites in India – April 2 2011

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Most popular travel websites in India for the week ending April 2 2011.

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TLabs Showcase – Rome2rio

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TLabs Showcase on travel startups featuring Australia-based point-to-point metasearch engine Rome2rio.

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Expedia reveals plan to spin off TripAdvisor into new public company

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Expedia is to split the wider group into two separate companies, giving TripAdvisor its first taste of the public markets in its own right.

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Top travel websites in New Zealand – April 2 2011

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Most popular travel websites in New Zealand for the week ending April 2 2011:

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Why budget hotels are worse than airlines over online fees

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Accommodation owners, especially smaller businesses like B&Bs and guesthouses, use some kind of commission-based service to handle online bookings on their website.

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Regulator drops hint at scale of online hotel booking probe

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An investigation into possible breaches of competition law around online hotel bookings in the UK has been stepped up a gear by regulators this week.

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Part One of Two: Hotel revenue management, meet reputation management

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The guest satisfaction index: The next big measure of hotel performance.

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TLabs Showcase – Planely

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TLabs Showcase on travel startups featuring Denmark-based social flying platform Planely.

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British Airways brings in new flight search and planning system

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Nine months after playing around with a new flight search tool, British Airways has officially added TripSeeker to the main site this week.

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