The owners of multi-modal search platform Rome2Rio argue that Google Maps is not a true travel search product.
Google Maps likely to add flights and multi-modal search this week
May 15, 2013 By 5 Comments
Google Maps may be upgraded to add multi-modal search and live flight data, in a move that could launch a thousand startup pivots.
Google Glass – the Next Big Thing in the travel industry?
February 22, 2013 By 20 Comments
Google’s suite of web and mobile-based services are continuing their penetration into travel industry. But with the launch of Glass, Google’s most hi-tech product yet, the ramifications for the sector are huge.
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Where Google Travel is heading, according to one of its employees
January 31, 2013 By 19 Comments
Yesterday, Google updated its Flight Search. To put things in context, James van Thiel, the industry leader for Google’s Netherlands Travel team, talks about integrating search with metasearch and other developments.
Who is so far feeling the heat from Google Flight Search? No major surprises here
February 17, 2012 By 14 Comments
In October 2011, about a month after the buzz around the launch of Google Flight Search and (kind of) subsided, Tnooz published traffic share figures for the fledgling service.
How is Google Flight Search performing so far? Go on, have a guess
October 5, 2011 By 9 Comments
An extraordinary amount of interest in September when Google finally launched its long-awaited Flight Search product, five months after securing approval for buying ITA Software.
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Google realizes in antitrust hearings it is all about controlling the display parameters
September 19, 2011 By 2 Comments
With an antitrust hearing looming, Google apparently realized that, much like the order of search results, appearances matter.
Google wanted simple flight search, but it got all the industry baggage as well
September 19, 2011 By 23 Comments
Appearances can be deceptive – as a few days of mulling over the new Google Flights tool has indicated.
Google launches Flight Search with booking links to airline sites only
September 13, 2011 By 61 Comments
In a stunning move, Google and ITA Software unveiled their long-awaited Flight Search product — with booking links to airline websites only.
