Oyster takes shot at travel photo search and bookings

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You’ve heard of in-app bookings so how about hotel bookings launched right from a property photo?

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Skyscanner launches Facebook flight search, plans Singapore expansion

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In the power game that is flight metasearch, steps forward can be measured in inches.

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Bing socializes travel search results with likes and friends nearby

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You’re going to see some familiar faces in your Bing search results for flights, hotels and destinations.

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Priceline adds Kayak hotel booking to its list of concerns

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Priceline has long warned that Google’s and Bing’s “inroads into online travel” loom as potential threats and now it has added Kayak.com hotel bookings as a concern.

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How Google StreetView is killing the competition

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Google Street View is a powerful tool that many people and travel companies use day to day to discover more about a location using on-street images and navigation.

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Bing launches attractions pages with TripAdvisor, Frommers, WCities

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Bing rolled out new attractions pages, featuring museums, tourists spots and other activities, in tandem with partners TripAdvisor, Frommers, WCities and Zvents.

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Bing makes the switch to Kayak for flights

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Bing and Kayak implemented their partnership late last week and Kayak now powers Bing Travel’s flights.

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Microsoft turns to Kayak for flight search to fight Google Travel

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Microsoft’s Bing Travel is handing over flight metasearch duties to Kayak as the two erstwhile competitors bolster their existing alliance to counter Google’s accelerated push into travel.

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Bing launches Autosuggest Flight Prices naturally

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Bing introduced Autosuggest Flight Prices, which predicts the lowest fare over the next 90 days and whether that ticket price will rise or fall.

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Skobbler aims to take mobile mapping fight to Google

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Berlin-based map app service Skobbler wants to grab a share of the offline mobile map market before the other web giants wade in with their own connection-free platforms.

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