04/10/2010

News Update - October 4, 2010

Source: m-travel.com...

How should one go about travel mobile application revenue model?...
IN-DEPTH: Interview with Mike Putnam, senior product manager, Mobile, TripAdvisor Travel community TripAdvisor has taken several mobile-related initiatives this year. Be it for launching its mobile website in 17 countries to its new iPhone application, the company says all such...

Google Instant’s ‘blue arrow’ could see clicks stolen from natural results: analysis...
Google has introduced keyboard navigation into its Google Instant search results. The first result in the search engine results pages (SERPs) now has a blue arrow next to it. The user can move up and down the listings with the...

How can travel websites aim at converting interest into action?...
Delivery of content is empowering and critical, but should be tied back to the business objectives that one wants to achieve. Considering that websites as a tool for travel companies is one of the main platforms for communicating with its...

Sol Meliá introduces new apps for iPhone, Blackberry and Android...
Hotel company Sol Meliá has worked on three free booking apps for the iPhone, Blackberry and Android smartphones. The company says it plans to open up access to bookings on mobile phones to its customers regardless of the phone they...

Letting travellers to search for a hotel together with their Facebook friends...
A new Facebook app 'Hotels WithMe', an offering that has been specially adapted for the “social-media generation”, has been launched in the UK. Launched by Columbus Internet, a specialist in collaborative online applications, and online travel company Hotels.com, the application...

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