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Does Greece Brand Even Need a Tourism Ministry?

2021-05-24 by Phil Butler

Greece travel poster

Greece’s tourism ministry had dozens of media outlets pimping the country’s reopening to tourists this month. But is the hype necessary?

Tags: Clayton Bartolo, Croatia tourism, Google, Google Travel Trends, Greece 2021, Greece coronavirus, Greece demand, Greece tourism, Greece tourism ministry, Greek City Times, Greek Reporter, Greek vacation, Harry Theoharis, Malta tourism, National Herald, Nikolina Brnjac, Peggy Antonakou, top travelers, tourism demand, Travel Trends, vacation in Greece

The Latest Google Evil Leveled on Battered Online Travel Businesses

2020-08-27 by Phil Butler

Sundar Pichai

Google has a knee on the necks of companies like GetYourGuide, Airbnb, and Travago, at a moment when regulators build an anti-trust case.

Tags: Anti-trust, EU fairness commission, EU Google, EU laws, European commission, German Start-ups Association, GetYourGuide, Google, Google evil, Johannes Reck, monopoly, online travel, OTAs, Trivago

Google and Volara Partner for Voice-Based Contactless Room Controls

2020-08-27 by Argophilia Travel News

Volara logo

A new partnership between Google and Volara is enabling hotels to deploy contactless guest engagement and touchless room controls solutions.

Tags: Google, Hotel rooms, room automation, room controls, Volara

Crete’s IQ App Guru Comes Out With “6 Clues” This Time Around

2020-07-13 by Phil Butler

Fanis Kourtikakis with his wife Ligeri back home on Crete island

Crete programmer Fanis Kourtikakis creates another brain-training wonder with “6 Clues” – an app that is hard to put down.

Tags: 6 Clues, app creation, app programmers, apps, Brain Stars Evolution, brain training apps, college entrance exams, COVID-19, Crete people, during lockdown, educational travel, exam training, exams, Fanis Kourtikakis, games, Google, Google Play, IQ testing, IQ training, lockdown, pandemic response, People of Crete, programming, technology

Greece’s Ministry of Tourism and Google Launch #greecefromhome

2020-04-05 by Phil Butler

Balos Lagoon

The Greek Tourism Ministry, in cooperation with Google, has launched the greecefromhome.com (#greecefromhome) site.

Tags: #greecefromhome, Aegean travel, Balos Lagoon, coronavirus outbreak, crete, distance travel, experiences, GNTO, Google, Greece adventure, Greece travel, Greek Isles, Greek tourism, Knossos, Limnos, Minoan Theater, Mykonos, sail Greece, stay at home travel, travel 2020

Tripadvisor’s “Review Hub” Helps Restaurants Manage Online Reviews

2020-02-16 by Argophilia Travel News

TripAdvisor logo

Tripadvisor has announced a new service aimed at helping restaurant owners to more easily and effectively respond to their reviews.

Tags: Facebook, Google, guest reviews, online reviews, Review Hub, TheFork, travel technology, TripAdvisor, Yelp

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

Google Maps Helps You Roll-on Thanksgiving Travel

2018-11-20 by Delia Gavrilescu

Google News Lab

The folks at Google are trying to solve for “X” again with a Google Maps feature called “Mapping Thanksgiving.”

Tags: Google, Google Maps, google news, Google Travel, Polygraph, Thanksgiving, Thanksgiving airport, Thanksgiving trends

Digi.travel Cyprus Kicks Off in Nicosia

2016-10-19 by Phil Butler

Digi.travel

Today the Digi.travel Cyprus Conference & Expo kicks off from the Filoxenia Conference Centre in Nicosia. Organized for the first time, in co-operation with the Association of Cyprus Travel Agents, this session puts technology providers alongside travel and hospitality professionals for networking, business intelligence, and problem-solving. Argophilia Travel News reports from Cyprus.

Tags: ACTA, Amadeus, China tourists, Cyprus, Cyprus events, Digi.travel, Filoxenia Conference Centre, Google, IATA, IBM, Michel De Blust, Ntinos Kakkouras, Plateno Connect, Plateno Group, TMA, Travel Media Applications, Vicky Karantzavelou, Yiannis Michaelides

Former Google Exec Dr. Stefan Tweraser Named SnapShot GmbH CEO

2016-01-19 by Delia Gavrilescu

Hotel tech startup, SnapShot GmbH has announce the selection of former Google Germany director, Dr. Stefan Tweraser as the Austrian company’s CEO. Borrowing from the talents of this technology company manager, SnapShot hopes to fast forward development of a much anticipated new produce, as well as building a powerful business presence in the space.

Tags: analytics, Google, Google Germany, SnapShot GmbH, Stefan Tweraser

Google Starts “Grow Greek Tourism Online” Initiative

2014-08-20 by Phil Butler

Google Greece initiative

In a new initiative announced by Google Greek tourism stands to gain in a collaborative effort in between the search giant, the Greek National Tourism Organization (EOT), and the Association of Greek Tourism Enterprises (SETE).

Tags: Go Greece, Google, Google Adwords, Google search, Greece tourism, Hotel adwords, Visit Greece

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

Google Earth Collaborates to Show Us Earth Timelapse

2013-05-09 by Phil Butler

Time Timelapse Project

For the geographer or climatologist among you out there, Google has helped develop a fascinating time-lapse view of our planet. Just released today, the stunning perspective via Google Earth, and in collaboration with Time, NASA, and the USGS, offers the most comprehensive view of our planet over time ever.

Tags: climate change, Earth, geography, Google, Google Earth, Google Maps, urbanization

Frommer’s Back in the Travel Game

2013-04-04 by Phil Butler

The Frommer's Website

Arthur Frommer has decided at age 83 that his world famous travel books should not be slated for obsolescence. The travel publishing legend will re-acquire the brand sold by Wiley & Sons to Google last year. The Frommer’s Guides appear to be alive and well in their founder’s hands again.

Tags: Frommer's, Google, guides, online guides, online travel, OTA's, printed guides, travel, travel guides, travel info

That’s Gúgl to You Slovakians, Google to Enlish Speakers

2013-03-11 by Delia Gavrilescu

Google Slovakia

A wonderful initiative by Google did not make the headline news like most of the Mountain View Internet giant’s moves. But the “Google on a Slovak note” program will not only help preserve some fantastic Slovakian culture and folklore, it will also help inform people of this magical country’s customs and history.

Tags: Anton Bernolák, Bratislava tech, Google, Google countries, Slovakia, Slovakia on the web, Slovakia tech

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