Google Hotel Finder — OTA advertisers commandeer hotel pages

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An advertising experiment in Google Hotel Finder enables Google and online travel agencies to blatantly and misleadingly cash in on hotels’ intellectual property.

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When tweets, status updates and flash sales lose their innocence

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What happens to social media and even social travel when tweets, Facebook status updates and emails from your friends lose all their innocence?

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Expedia readies TripAdvisor spinoff citing hotel review reliability

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As Expedia shareholders get set to vote Dec. 6 on the TripAdvisor spinoff, Expedia is telling potential investors that travelers overwhelmingly find TripAdvisor’s user reviews to be reliable.

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Hipmunk dismisses Google, Kayak and profits as launch anniversary approaches

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With the prospect of Google soon launching a flight-search product, Hipmunk is expressing its immunity from competitive swirls.

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