TripAdvisor is selling CabinGuru – the cruise site that never happened

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To the outside, a travel site called CabinGuru seemed like a perfect idea – a cruise planning and information service, perhaps a little bit like the TripAdvisor-owned SeatGuru.

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Meta search rules: SeatGuru relaunches with flight planning tools, revamped look

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Following along from TripAdvisor’s hotel meta search launch, TripAdvisor subsidiary SeatGuru has relaunched their website with a revamped look and flight planning tools.

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TripAdvisor mobile and tablet spike continues to soar

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When TripAdvisor announced 2011 results back in February, the company said it would increase investment in mobile.

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Suddenly, with MondoWindow, RouteHappy and SeatGuru, it is all about the flight

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We’ve seen umpteen travel startups focusing on pre-trip travel inspiration and trip-planning, and post-flight activities and tours, but suddenly there is a renewed focus on what has become almost an afterthought — the flight itself.

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A Room 77 for cruise? That may be CabinGuru, but not yet

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Room 77 took some attention away from fellow Silicon Valley luvvie Hipmunk (at least until today) when it unveiled its long awaited hotel search last week.

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ExpertFlyer diagrams partnership with SeatGuru for more seat information

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ExpertFlyer and SeatGuru are teaming up to give road warriors more information about airline seat availability and preferability.

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TripAdvisor mulls user generated content for flights

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TripAdvisor’s foray – US and now the UK – into flight metasearch appears to have triggered plenty of musing by executives and pundits alike.



According to Bryan Salzburg, general manager of initiatives, TripAdvisor is finally becoming the more general travel portal it always wanted (perhaps needs?) to be.



Salzburg stresses that the business model for its hotel review section “will not be re-invented any time soon”, dampening any suggestions that a hotel metasearch could be configured along similar lines to its new flight engine.

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