A survey says 78% of people make a confident decision based on reviews. A 10% swing in hotel industry rates happens due to online reviews
TheSmartLocal aims to eliminate fake reviews and adopts blog style for quality reviews
May 1, 2013 By Leave a Comment
The SCAN – Traveldoo partners with EAN, Passkey bookings grow 40% and more news
April 19, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Travel tech news from Limo.Travel, Group Travel Odyssey, Traveldoo, Expedia Affiliate Network, AirAsia, SITA and more.
A new name for a new concept: the TravelShark pivot
April 19, 2013 By 5 Comments
The company formerly known as Swiftrank comes back with a new name and entirely new concept. Now known as TravelShark, the company is on a mission to redefine reviews.
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Black(mail?) cards are not welcome at hotels
March 12, 2013 By 9 Comments
Not deliberately trying to be controversial but the customer is always right, unless they are dead wrong.
Yelp reaches 100 million unique visitors, but trouble may be brewing
February 7, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Yesterday Yelp, the local listings service, announced its January traffic numbers. More than 100 million unique visitors had came to its desktop and mobile site in single month—a record.
The Scan: Skyscanner heads to the US, Marriott tests lobby booking, and more travel tech
February 6, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Skyscanner, PhoCusWright, Marriott, Yatra, OneTwoTrip, WAYN, TripRental, Rover, TUI, TourWrist, Yelp, JetBlue, and American Airlines are mentioned in today’s round-up of travel tech news.
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Local intent and Graph Search on Facebook – joy or not for hotels?
January 22, 2013 By 6 Comments
It seems that Facebook’s new Graph Search could be poised to be a true threat to Google, Yelp and Foursquare.
Facebook announces new product called Graph Search – implications for travel
January 15, 2013 By 11 Comments
Facebook co-founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg ended reams of speculation this week and announced a new product called Graph Search.
Google reaches a truce with US regulators on antitrust probe, dealing FairSearch a blow
January 3, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Federal regulators closed a 20-month probe of Google’s search business without finding any antitrust violations.
Google may drop screen scraping of TripAdvisor and Yelp content to get government off its back
December 17, 2012 By 6 Comments
US regulators may end their antitrust investigation of Google’s search business by letting the company make voluntary changes, such as limiting use of restaurant and travel reviews from other websites, say two news reports.
