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European Online Travel Outpaces U.S.

Online travel reservations in Europe grew 30 percent in 2006, according to analysts in a July 9, 2007 New York Times Article. Compared to European online travel growth, U.S. online travel has hit a plateau.

Hotels Reserve Space In Yahoo Search

Yahoo has enabled some travel assistance within its search results for people looking for hotels at a vacation destination.

UK Goes Online For Travel Reviews

About half of UK consumers who use the Internet to research travel do not make hotel reservations because of a negative online review, according to American Express "Hospitality Monitor 2007" report.

AOL Launches Travel Guides

AOL has launched the beta version of its AOL Travel Guides, an online service that offers information on 1,900 locations and more than 100,000 hotels.

TripAdvisor Launches Traveler Network

TripAdvisor has launched a traveler network that allows its users to find friends and plan their travel more efficiently.   New Network At TripAdvisor

Google and Travel

OK, if Google knows so much about me, why is it giving me all result pages in Spanish this morning and taking me to Google Mexico? After all, the cookie on my machine hasn’t been erased. They have all my history. Have I ever done a search in Spanish? No. Have I ever translated something from English to Spanish? No. Have I ever visited Google’s Mexico site at http://www.google.com.mx ? No. So, why, when I want to go to google.com, does it redirect to google.com.mx and give me everything in Spanish?

American Travelers Make Plans Online

American travelers are taking a series of smaller vacations and are buying more travel products and services on the Internet, according to "The PhoCusWright Consumer Travel Trends Survey Ninth Edition" released this week. "American Travelers Make Plans Online"

Local SEO - Comparing Hotel Sites

I've been doing a few local searches recently to find some examples of well-optimised Abingdon websites, I found a Google search for "Abingdon hotels" brought up an excellent example of both good and bad SEO for various local accommodation websites.

Yahoo Travel Gets Personal

Yahoo has added several new features to its travel Web site. The new version of Yahoo Travel focuses on personalized travel deals, travel guides and a new mapping system.

All Your Conlin are Belong to YDN

One of the things that's helpful about having been at Yahoo more than a few years and having multiple roles during that time is that it provides lots of opportunity to meet lots of people and figure out what they're good at. As a by-product, I've managed to build up a list of people who constitute my "dream team." These are the people that I wish I could take with me when I move into a new group and/or role. It's rare that you can get 'em to move since these are also the people who are often quite happy in their roles, but it never stops me from trying.