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WIHP Hotels Solves Hotel PPC Pain

World Independent Hotels Promotion (WIHP), in a deal with TripAdvisor, has enhanced their "Show Price" PPC ad capability there by…

London’s Sheraton Park Tower – Starwood Digital Superstar

There are a lot of hotels engaged in social media, and presenting their wares online. Hilton to the smallest Mom…

Expedia Profits Slow: Shares Drop

The financials are in from Expedia. According to the reports, wile quarter 4 revenue was up by 6.7% at $787.1…

Who’s the Big Bad Wolf of Hotel Marketing?

Just out, the Distribution Channel Analysis study via the American Hotel Lodging Association (AH&LA) and STR, has been released. The…

Hipmunk Hotel Search Checks In

Rolling into town in the dead of night, the last thing that weary travelers need is to waste time running…

Will Expedia’s “Verified” Reviews Fly?

Last week, Danny King over at Travel Weekly hit the nail on the head with his assessment of Expedia's so…

Ready or Not -Travel Republic Acquired

In online travel news, Travel Republic has been bought by a subsidiary of Emirates Airlines. The deal finalized December 29…

OTA CEOs: Part III

Continuing our series on decision makers in the online travel world, Argo jumps back in to an interesting Q &…

OTA CEOs: Part II

Yesterday we began a series on online travel agency CEOs, and a recent interview conducted by USA TODAY’s Veronica Gould…

OTA CEOs and Who Has Your Back: Part I

What do you want from information providers? How about service providers that offer information you need to know to make…

Eva: Natural Language Search Revival

A new product called Eva (Expert Virtual Agent) aims to become your virtual travel assistant. Unveiled at the recent PhoCusWright…

Hoteliers, Are You Using the Right Channels?

For businesses busying themselves trying to catch the social wave, to engage customers via digital channels, the learning curve can…

Zagat: Defining Move of Google’s Travel Strategy

The highly anticipated New York City restaurant guides are out now. A story about his by Garth Johnston of the…

Travelport & Orbitz Safe for Now – and Tomorrow?

Everyone associated with Travelport has to have breathed a sigh of relief on the news that Travelport Holdings successfully revamped…

TripAdvisor Reaches 50 Million Visitors: But For How Long?

TripAdvisor, currently the largest travel portal in the world, yesterday announced via a press release that it had reached a…

TripAdvisor’s Fake Reviews Sickness Goes Critical

TripAdvisor, the leading online travel reviews site in the world, is now under investigation by the UK's Advertising Standards Authority…

Good: Ness Takes on Restaurant Suggestion

TripAdvisor brought you reviews to help you make decisions about travel, Nileguide added depth of information, Stay.com added custom guides,…

Argophilia Launches Citizen’s Travel Portal

Argophilia Travel Albania launches as the first of many regional travel directories aimed at introducing Eastern Europe's hidden gems. Breathtaking…

Google + and Really Refined Reviews – Coming Soon

The suggested Google Travel entity could be just around the corner. According to the news from Tnooz and Kevin May,…

50 Million Reviews on TripAdvisor and Growing

TripAdvisor Media Group generated $486 million in revenue in 2010, all based on user-generated content. However TripAdvisor hasn't considered rewarding…