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April 30, 2012

The Impact of Mobile OS on Travel Distribution

Update: July 10th 2012 – Apple awarded iTravel Patent! The approaching wave of mobile OS travel buttons (Apple iTravel, Google Travel, Bing!Travel Mobile) need to be viewed within a historical context of travel distribution. At the heart of these efforts is a new customer interface for travel. During the pre-Web days, traditional travel agents controlled distribution through their mastery of GDS cryptic […]

September 13, 2011

Google Flights

The much anticipated integration between ITA Software and Google arrived today with the launch of Google Flight search. The most visible enhancement in this new interface is the instant loading of fares and schedules when you enter the city pairs. The ability to launch flights from the standard Google box which leads you to the flight page ties general […]

April 8, 2011

DOJ Approves Google ITA – What does it mean?

Today’s announcement about the conditional approval by the U.S. Department of Justice of the acquisition by Google of ITA Software is sending some shock waves through the travel industry. But at the end of the day what does this really mean? Here are some of my initial thoughts: General search becomes meta-search – There are very valid reasons why sites such […]