Travel Stuff

Google to buy Expedia?!?

Tim — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 12:29:46 +0000

This might be the craziest news I’ve heard in a long time, but, there’s a rumor going around that Google has interest in acquiring Expedia. Search meets distribution in a full and complete way, huh?

Expedia’s expansion plans for offline channels: Expedia opens its first CruiseShipCenter (Expedia CSC) franchise location this month,

Tim — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 15:25:01 +0000

TravelTrade has an interview with Paul Brown, president of Expedia North American and Expedia Partner Services Group about Expedia’s CruiseShipCenter franchises specifically, and Expedia’s offline plans in general.

Yahoo Travel switches from Travelocity to FareChase as its default travel search engine

Tim — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 15:18:42 +0000

Erick Schonfeld at TechCrunch analyzes what led Yahoo to use FareChase instead of Travelocity for its default travel search engine. Looks like the market for price searching is heating up just as the economy begins slowing.

ABC News: Move Over, Porn: Online Travel Sales Up

Tim — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 03:48:22 +0000

ABC News: Move Over, Porn: Online Travel Sales Up: “”

The T-List of Travel blogs

Tim — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 04:08:50 +0000

Matthieu at Radar Blog first created this T-List of Travel blogs (and I took the most current list from Jens Thraenhart).

Enjoy!

General Travel Blogs

Travel Industry Blogs

Foreign Language Travel Blogs

French Travel Blogs

Italian Travel Blogs

ADV Italia

Dutch Travel Blogs

weekendhotel weblog

German Travel Blogs

Spanish Travel Blogs

HSMAI Social Media report now available

Tim — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 06:56:24 +0000

I mentioned this recently, but thought it’s worth further notice. HSMAI’s Travel Marketer’s Guide to Social Media written by Cindy Estis Green is now available. You can buy your copy here

GigaOM’s take on SideStep/Kayak merger

Tim — Mon, 24 Dec 2007 04:55:31 +0000

Om Malik provides a strong take on the Kayak/SideStep merger. Most notable is that Om is drawing comments from Kayak co-founder Paul English. Without taking sides here, it looks like there’s more than one point of view on this business, eh?

Breaking: Kayak Raises $196 Million, Buys Rival SideStep

Tim — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 03:40:28 +0000

Breaking: Kayak Raises $196 Million, Buys Rival SideStep: “”

Whew, this is some heady news as I’m heading out on two week’s holiday. I’ll have to call some friends at SideStep to see what the deal is here. But very wild.

Social media marketing trends in hospitality

Tim — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 13:39:02 +0000

Social media marketing trends in hospitality

Cindy Estis Green’s report for HSMAI is well worth the read. I was part of the editorial board and Cindy did a great job of distilling a huge, important topic into a clear, readable, and most importantly, actionable document. I suggest you grab a copy.

HSMAI - eConnect

Tim — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 17:04:58 +0000

HSMAI has got an interesting take on social. Worth checking out.