Google Hotel Finder has added a new filter — maximum travel time from a tourist attraction, business meeting or other point of interest.
Google Hotel Finder distances itself from Hipmunk with transit data
January 20, 2012 By 2 Comments
Corporate agency concedes search to searchers in new policy tool
December 8, 2011 By 4 Comments
There’s a dirty little secret about corporate booking tools — road warriors think they are clunky and a majority do their searching on more agile consumer sites before completing their reservations in the prescribed company booking tool.
How hotels can make a difference in destination search on Google
December 6, 2011 By 6 Comments
Hotel distribution changes every ten years. In the 1980s it was the GDS, in the 1990s the emergence of tour operators like TUI and Thomas Cook, and in the 2000s the adoption of the web and online travel agents.
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Google too powerful? Schmidt says no, Hipmunk got funding
November 7, 2011 By 1 Comment
Google chairman Eric Schmidt doesn’t think its search practices deter new entrants and he cites Hipmunk’s venture funding round as proof.
Hipmunk takes pain out of meetings and business travel schedule conflicts
October 25, 2011 By 2 Comments
Do you want to take into account the schedule and location of your business meetings when searching for flights and hotels? Hipmunk just provided a solution.
Can we de-commoditize air travel once and for all?
October 20, 2011 By 9 Comments
Why is air travel such a commodity? After all, it’s often one of the most durable memories of a trip.
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Six myths of air travel search on the web
October 6, 2011 By 15 Comments
Facebook, at a recent travel conference in the US, suggested its role as one of being in the “happiness business”.
So you have a new travel app…
September 29, 2011 By 6 Comments
It’s a decision we at Tnooz confront literally every day — when to write about a just-published travel app and when to take a pass on it.
Why travel search startups have nothing to fear from Google
September 15, 2011 By 18 Comments
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.
Amtrak goes the Hipmunk route with claims of exclusive deal
September 8, 2011 By 2 Comments
Now it’s trains versus planes on Hipmunk.
