The following OTAs and GDSs can be used to get your hotel rooms and rates listed on Google Hotel Finder. As we find more GDS or OTAs connected to Hotel Finder we'll update the list. Expedia – OTA Travelocity – OTA Amadeus –...
Industry News Archive
Google Snaps Up Frommer’s Deal
Nearly a year after its acquisition of restaurant review and ratings service Zagat Survey, Google has announced it is buying travel guidebook brand Frommer's. The deal will see Frommer’s 55 year old database of hotels and international attractions merged...
Mac Users Spend More on Hotels
In an attempt to understand the travel planning behaviour of its customers, Orbitz have discovered a surprising fact: Mac users are 40% more likely to book a 4 or 5 star hotel than their PC using counterparts. The findings are being used along with a mountain of other...
Top 5 Asia-Pacific Travel Trends
Travel firms all over the world have had to keep pace with rapid changes within the industry over the past few years. Many of these new challenges are common to all markets but there are specific differences in individual market development levels and consumer...
TripAdvisor Suspends Hotel Rating System
Only Months after the launch of TripAdvisor’s new hotel ratings system it has been pulled. The reason we believe is due to negative feedback from the hospitality industry with TripAdvisor admitting it has “some work to do”. The system...