Priceline, online travel history and complacency

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Sometimes online travel history hits you over the head and you don’t even see it coming.

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Hotel websites stealing room night share — from chain toll-free numbers

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With all of the chatter about the Room Key collaboration, the websites of major hotel chains in North America are indeed asserting control and stealing room-night share — from their own voice channels.

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HomeAway alters North America lineup as lock-up period ends

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HomeAway promoted Jon Gray to vice president of its North America operations, and he will oversee HomeAway.com, VRBO.com and VacationRentals.com.

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Using semantic technology to create better consumer profiles in travel

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It took me about 15 years from when I started travelling for business and pleasure to appreciate the value of a professional travel agent.

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Sharples of HomeAway: We have the vacation rental pipe for online travel agencies, but …

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How soon will it be before major online travel agencies go after the vacation rental market in a really big way?

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PhoCusWright: US online travel market share stalling and suppliers rule

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Are the heady days of U.S. online travel over?

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Google Flight Search — suddenly online travel agency ads appear

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Google Flight Search launched six weeks ago with direct links to airline sites only, but now you’ll also find online travel agency and Kayak ads at the bottom of search results pages.

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How is Google Flight Search performing so far? Go on, have a guess

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An extraordinary amount of interest in September when Google finally launched its long-awaited Flight Search product, five months after securing approval for buying ITA Software.

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InterContinental debuts new price guarantee as hotel websites in North America dominate recovery

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Are hotel websites kicking the butts of the online travel agencies?

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Google wanted simple flight search, but it got all the industry baggage as well

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Appearances can be deceptive – as a few days of mulling over the new Google Flights tool has indicated.

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