New York Times: Google Ventures into Travel: Google is quietly wading into the world of travel with the launch of Google City Tours, a trip planning tool that seeks to make “holiday planning as easy as searching the Web.” Read more
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Vegas.com turns to mobile ad campaigns for hotel bookings that are very last-minute -- often after the traveler has arrived at the destination. In Site59 lingo, I would take it a step further and characterize the ad campaigns as targeting people booking at the 61st minute.
UpTake Travel Industry Blog: Vegas.com hits Jackpot with Mobile Search ads: Google’s mobile advertising division has started providing stellar results for the search giant’s major desktop customers like Vegas.com. Read more
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Under congressional pressure, United blinked on its new credit card policy, which would have begun today.
Travel Weekly: United offers chance to delay start of new credit card policy: United Airlines, responding to a request by U.S. lawmakers, agreed to as much as a 60-day delay in implementing a policy that would cut off a number of travel agencies from access to its credit card merchant accounts. Read more
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Thinking SEO and able to segment its content, TripAdvisor branched into the family travel market.
Dennis Schaal Blog: TripAdvisor Launches Family Vacation Critic in its Own Image: TripAdvisor, with an assist from its Cruise Critic brand, last week quietly launched Family Vacation Critic, which adds into the TripAdvisor Media Network another hotel review site and advertising/media business. Read more
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Priceline looks to Booking.com as flight-booking fees appear to be history.
Yahoo Finance/Investors Business Daily: Name-Your-Price Keeps Travel Web Site In The Fast Lane: Web travel agency Priceline faces stiffer competition for online flight dollars now that bigger rivals have dropped booking fees, something it did two years ago. Read more
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Apparently the NTSB has many holes to fill in its investigation of what caused the hole in a Southwest jet's fuselage.
Dallas Business Journal: NTSB: Southwest jet had no obvious decay: The National Transportation Safety Board has released a statement saying the aircraft skin on the Southwest Airlines Co. aircraft that ended up with a hole in the fuselage earlier this week seems to be in good condition and there are no obvious signs of surface corrosion or mechanical damage. Read more
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