Shape-shifting in hotel search as Hipmunk tangles with Google

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Hipmunks are nothing if not agile — witness Hipmunk’s use of rectangles to refine your hotel search on a Google Map.

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Airbnb reverts to membership marketing, but some questions over method

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Such is the buzz and controversy surrounding Airbnb at the moment that it only has scratch its backside and people are looking to either praise or criticise it.

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Orbitz lags, Ebookers shines, Google Hotel Finder challenges, Kayak hurts

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Ebookers was among the few bright spots in a lackluster second quarter for Orbitz Worldwide.

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Bringing trust to travel via a managed digital marketplace

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Something which underpins the online world – where all of us now live – is the establishment of trust.

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PointHub tries to make travel reward schemes easier to manage

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TLabs Showcase on travel startups featuring US-based PointHub, a new service to allow consumers to manage and use loyalty points to buy flights and accommodation.

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Tnooz THack heads to Boston

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The Tnooz THack initiative rolls on to its next city in September 2011, with a 27-hour hacking event for developers taking place in Boston, USA.

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TripAdvisor introduces new resources for lodging owners

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TripAdvisor redesigned its Management Center for lodging owners and introduced videos, how-to-guides and a TripAdvisor for Business blog.

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MakeMyTrip and the controversial SEO-led microsite strategy

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Although its citizens may only make 0.014 flights per year, India also counts the second largest diaspora in the world, after China, with 24 million.

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Gap narrows between Ryanair and EasyJet – Top UK travel sites, August 6 2011

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Ryanair is just 0.5% behind arch rival EasyJet in the top ten airline websites in the UK this week.

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Email marketing — Orbitz and Delta provide lots of assurance

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If you search for an airline ticket on Orbitz.com these days and don’t book anything, rest assured that an email may soon be in the mail.

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