Google takes Maps inside airports, see where all this could be heading?

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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.

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Where is the consumer interest in a limited Google Flight Search?

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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.

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Peace in our time: Vayant and Everbread settle long-running dispute

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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.

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Why we dumped the Google Plus button from the front page of our travel search site

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

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Kayak IPO stalled by volatile market conditions

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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.

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Why do technology people want to get into travel when there is so little money in it?

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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:

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Best of Tnooz Last Week – Google reveals, TripAdvisor shifts, Facebook dislikes

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What were the best articles on Tnooz last week?

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Why travel search startups have nothing to fear from Google

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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.

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Google offered helping hand by Skyscanner to take Flight Search global

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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.

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FairSearch asks if Google Flight Search partners will be coerced into playing

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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.

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