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Senator Elizabeth Warren As the Technocrat Trust Buster

2019-03-16 by Phil Butler

Elizabeth Warren - DonkeyHotey

When Presidential hopeful Democratic Senator Elizabeth Warren called for the breakup of U.S. technology companies Google, Apple, and Amazon recently, she was right to do so.

Tags: Amazon, antitrust, Apple, Donald Trump, Elizabeth Warren, Expedia, Google, monopoly, Princeline

First Crowd-Sourced Family Travel Guide Published on Amazon

2018-09-14 by Argophilia Travel News

Bébé Voyage Travel Guide

The first crowd-sourced city guide for traveling parents has been published on Amazon.

Tags: Amazon, Amazon travel, Bébé Voyage, Bébé Voyage Travel Guide, eCommerce, Kindle, Marianne Perez de Fransius, travel, travel guides

TripAdvisor’s Fake Reviews Sickness Goes Critical

2011-09-02 by Phil Butler

TripAdvisor Joker

TripAdvisor, the leading online travel reviews site in the world, is now under investigation by the UK’s Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) over concerns reviews from travelers may be illegitimate. A formal investigation has reportedly been launched on the heels of complaints TripAdvisor’s reviews problems have reached monumental levels.

Tags: Advertising Standards Authority, Amazon, Craigslist, David Streitfeld, Digital Point, Expedia, fake reviews, forums, G+, Google Plus, Google Travel, hotel reviews, Kwikchex, online reviews, online travel, restaurant reviews, SEO, Tnooz, TripAdvisor, trusted reviews

Fear Google – Trust Expedia

2010-11-16 by Phil Butler

Banner from the PhoCusWright Conference site

Google’s detractors huddle in Phoenix at this year’s PhoCusWright Conference to try an lobby allies. Fearing Google’s ITA acquisition will forever change the online travel game, some top travel execs seem willing to do anything to block the Internet’s biggest player.

Tags: Amazon, Arrginton, Dara Khosrowshahi, Expedia, Fairlogix, FairSearch, Goby, Google, Google search, ITA, Jim Davidson, Jimmy Wales, Kayak, Kevin May, online travel, Sabre holdings, Terry Jones, Tim O'Reilly, Tnooz, travel news, travel tech




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