Google’s lengthy wrangling with European regulators could see some kind of closure if a market test of proposals from the search giant proves successful.
Google attempts to appease travel search critics, plans tests for new display options
April 25, 2013 By 5 Comments
Why the Priceline plan to buy Kayak should be investigated by regulators
March 20, 2013 By 21 Comments
A UK competition regulator, The Office of Fair Trading (OFT), is being kept busy in the travel space right now.
Google may drop screen scraping of TripAdvisor and Yelp content to get government off its back
December 17, 2012 By 6 Comments
US regulators may end their antitrust investigation of Google’s search business by letting the company make voluntary changes, such as limiting use of restaurant and travel reviews from other websites, say two news reports.
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What happened two years ago today?
July 1, 2012 By 2 Comments
As the second quarter of 2010 drew to a close, Google’s widely rumoured acquisition of ITA Software had already moved past the “if” category to “when”.
Kayak and Amadeus strengthen partnership as reliance on ITA Software falls
June 21, 2012 By 1 Comment
On the one hand the extension of a technology deal between Amadeus and travel search provider Kayak is not particularly big news – but there was always going to be something behind it.
eLong in huge China online shift with echoes of Expedia-Google problem
May 21, 2012 By 2 Comments
eLong, Expedia’s online travel agency subsidiary in China, has carried out a very substantial shift to online hotel bookings in the past year.
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Wait, what is this? Expedia powers new GoogleDeal website
May 4, 2012 By 6 Comments
Just for fun. A headline to send its fellow members of the FairSearch anti-Google lobbying group running to the hills in horror, but Expedia is indeed helping run a site called GoogleDeal.
Another rumour quashed then – Amadeus backs growing anti-Google lobby
April 9, 2012 By 2 Comments
The floodgates have opened – last week’s frenzy of activity, when Expedia and then TripAdvisor submitted complaints to the European Commission about Google, has clearly triggered something.
Google the brand everyone loves to hate in travel – now GDS group supports complaints
April 3, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Expedia (and the FairSearch group behind the scenes) has triggered something in the travel distribution ecosystem – with many now lining up wanting to take Google to task in Europe.
TripAdvisor joins Expedia with complaint to European regulators over Google
April 3, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Just three days after former-parent company Expedia filed a complaint about Google to the European Commission, TripAdvisor has waded in with its own.
