
Three months after Bing launched its version, Google has decided it is a good idea to give consumers on-the-go access to detailed maps of airports.

Three months after Bing launched its version, Google has decided it is a good idea to give consumers on-the-go access to detailed maps of airports.

As we head into the busy travel season, travel agencies – both online and storefront – are poised once again to handle significant volumes of consumer traffic.

A bitter row between airfare shopping technology startups Vayant and Everbread, which ended up in the courts, is over – with a settlement agreed last week.

It was, unfortunately, bound to happen. PLUS ONE NO MORE. We removed the option to “+1″ our front page today.

Plans by Kayak to place the company on the public financial markets in the US are being held up by ongoing worries about the state of the economy.

There are a few things I do not understand. Actually, there are an awful lot of things I do not understand, but here is one thing which I ponder about, on a daily basis, with my travel hat on:

Being located 17 hours ahead of Silicon Valley often has you lagging behind on the big news. On waking the other morning at home in Melbourne, Australia, the inbox and Twitters were abuzz – Google had launched a flight search product.

Many of those outside the often inward-looking bubble that is US online travel have always considered the more intriguing part of Google entering travel to be the global play.

FairSearch, fierce opponent of Google’s acquisition of ITA Software, was quick out of the blocks to pour a healthy dose of scepticism over the search giant’s launch of Flight Search.

Are you a online travel agency, tour operator, or traditional travel agency with responsibility for travel booking?

Direct, social media, offline retail, mobile web, mobile app, website et al – travellers can search and book products and engage with brains in more channels than ever before.

The business travel sector is embracing apps, mobile web, micro-management and virtual concierge systems – but what is the best strategy and how do you implement it?

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