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Travelers’ Hotel Choices: No Choice At All

2014-05-12 by Phil Butler

When Google acquired ITA flight software a couple of years back, a group of competitors went ballistic warning of unfair practices by the Internet search and ad giant. Most people back then blew off what FairSearch was contending, this author included. As it turns out, a half dozen court cases won and a lot of water under the hotel search bridge, and potential guests really have no choice at all. Google has rigged the hotel booking game into an ad recommendation one.

Tags: BIng, Bing travel, booking hotels, Expedia, FairSearch, Google, Google hotel finder, hotels, ITA, TripAdvisor

Bing Travel Down Another Notch On Farecast Death [Or Is It?]

2014-04-11 by Phil Butler

Is Bing bringing on Bing Travel the app?

Bing, the only search entity out there that stood a chance of competing with Google, has sent to the dead pool Farecast. What was one of Bing’s most interesting tools is another casualty of what some experts say is an apathetic Microsoft when it comes to search.

Tags: BIng, Bing travel, Farecast, Microsoft, Microsoft search, MyCityWay

Bing-Kayak: Travel Search or Dumb Meets Dumber?

2011-03-06 by Phil Butler

Barney Pell up the Amazon in 2008

The still raging war for online travel supremacy continues with news from Microsoft and Kayak. The pending sale of ITA to Google has spurred some fairly ridiculous allegiances and deals, not the least of which is the latest Bing “slash” Kayak pairing. Let’s face it, Microsoft has already spent two king’s ransoms trying to beat Google, and now this?

Tags: Barney Pell, Bill Gates, BIng, Bing travel, Google, Google Travel, ITA, ITA software, Kayak, Microsoft, online travel, OTA, Powermouse, search engines, travel conversions, travel search, travel wars

Cease Fire Called In Online Travel Wars

2011-02-01 by Phil Butler

Google Hotpot

The ceasefire between American Airlines and GDS giant Sabre signals an “all quiet” moment on the front lines of the online travel wars we have been covering. The announcement that the two companies would attempt to resolve their differences out of court, at least until June 1st, calmed the churning business cauldron for online travel for some.

Tags: American Airlines, BIng, Bing travel, Business Travel Coalition, Everything PR News, FairSearch, GDS, Google, Google Android, Google Places, Google Travel, Google Webmaster Guidlines, Hotpot, ITA, Justice Department, Kevin P. Mitchell, Microsoft, online travel, Sabre, SPAM filter, Tavis Hampton, travel supremecy

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