Google tests hotel reservation tracking in its search results, using your booking e-mails

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A search of a Gmail user’s in-box will fetch hotel reservation confirmations and then spotlight those confirmation e-mails in natural search results when the user runs an ordinary Google.com search on a phrase like “my reservations.”

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The Scan: Independent hotels struggle online, Rome2Rio has an open-source app, and more news

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Micros eCommerce, HGK, Rome2Rio, MapBox, Google+, Aviasales, Minube, Voyage Privé, TripFlick, Viator, Minube, GuestLogix, all appear in our roundup of the stories making news and driving opinion on 20 November.

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What is new in hotel distribution? Not a lot actually

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After three and a half days of wandering around the annual HITEC event in the US, I will argue there is not much going on in hotel distribution. Honestly.

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Ditch the credit card — La Quinta apps hold rooms using mobile phone numbers

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La Quinta Inns & Suites’ iOS and Android apps, as well as its mobile website, now enable travelers to hold a room reservation for up to four hours simply by entering their mobile phone numbers.

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