Google Maps’ ‘Live View’ enables users to travel with aid of AR
Google announces that ‘Live View’, a feature in Google Maps that uses augmented reality (AR) to show you which way to walk using arrows and directions placed in the real world, is becoming available as a beta on a much wider range of devices.
Google shuts down its Trips travel planning app
You may need to move on and find a replacement if you love Google’s Trip as the travel app joined Google Wave, Reader, Buzz, and Video in the list of the company’s discontinued products.
Roiback: 50% of mobile searches to come through voice tech by 2020
The increase in mobile traffic and the importance of meta-searchers are some of the challenges that the hotel industry must
Is Google killing Google Trips app?
Google Travel’s revamp last month may have made the Google Trips app redundant. Google-centric websites found evidence that the latest version update on Android includes messaging that informs users that the app is scheduled to be shut down.
Google launches one-stop-shop Trips
Once again, Google stealthily launched the travel planning site that combines flights, hotels, tour packages and other relevant information in one place. Trips is the desktop version of the upgraded hotel and flight search experience the tech giant.
Google in travel – slowly but surely
There is no denying the relevance of Google in our travel preparations that is why the tech giant is slowly encroaching in the travel space by launching products bit by bit.
Google teases on new “engagement rewards” program
There is no stopping Google from exploring the possibilities outside metasearch. After it quietly rolls out its Hotel Search site that has kept every metasearch and OTA on their toes, the tech giant teased on its new rewards program.
Google stealthily rolls out hotel booking site and annoys OTAs
Tech juggernaut Google just dropped its hotel booking site that enables us to book a hotel room.
Bit of alright: Old school 8-bit maps of the USA
Do you remember 8-bit Google Maps? You don’t have to be an ‘80s kid to recall that colorful Nintendo-style product:
Top 5 hotel industry challenges to conquer in 2019
Roiback, a company that specialises in powering direct sales for hotels, has underlined the challenges that the hotel industry faces in 2019.
Travel tech this week: Google’s voice assistant for airlines and hotels and more
This week, we see airlines and airports investing in various technology to continuously improve travel experience. We also see road transportation companies take great strides to develop their services.
Travel tech this week: Google and Airbnb’s new acquisitions and more
This week, we saw travel tech giants acquire smaller companies to fuel their growth and industry leaders drive innovation.
Travel tech this week: Instaroom new AI, BoG in Europe, and more
Digital disruption is not too far from the travel industry either. We scout the latest happenings in the travel tech world each week. Here are the five tech developments of this week.
“Google is evil”: Internet giant dips in travel
William Bao Bean, general partner, SOSV/managing director, Chinaccelerator, described Google and Facebook as “evil” when Yeoh Siew Hoon, founder and managing director of WiT, asked him in a rapidfire round in their session.
Why OTAs should be scared of Google
Google continues to augment its travel products and poses a serious threat to online travel agencies (OTAs). It seems that the tech giant has a penchant for the travel industry and has marked its growing role in the industry’s shop-and-buy funnel.
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