Articles tagged “google flight search”

Online Travel

Skyscanner Wants to Be Instagram-Like in Selling Flights

We can shop for TVs and clothes on our phone, but booking flights remains stubbornly old school. Skyscanner is one of a few online players working with airlines to fix that.

Skyscanner Wants to Be Instagram-Like in Selling Flights

Online Travel

Google Flights’ New Look Moves Away From Travel Inspiration

Google made its claim to fame partly on the simplicity of its user interface. Its new interface for flight search is a return to its elegant design roots.

Google Flights’ New Look Moves Away From Travel Inspiration

Online Travel

Google May Finally Face a Showdown With Regulators Over Its Evolving Travel Tools

Google now prods its users to try to cut their travel costs by considering alternative airports and other tricks. Yet the incremental moves may not appease a European watchdog that may question its broader business practices in travel.

Google May Finally Face a Showdown With Regulators Over Its Evolving Travel Tools

Airlines

Virgin America’s Ex-CEO Talks Candidly About Google’s Pushy Strategy

During the decade he ran Virgin America, David Cush couldn't always speak freely. But now Cush can discuss how airlines struggle with Google's mobile land grab.

Virgin America’s Ex-CEO Talks Candidly About Google’s Pushy Strategy

Online Travel

Google Trials Travel Package Metasearch in the UK and Germany

Google revealed Tuesday that it is doing an early experiment in how to sell bundled flights and hotels via its travel search results. Package travel is huge in Europe, and Google's trial will be watched closely.

Google Trials Travel Package Metasearch in the UK and Germany

Online Travel

Google Flights Gains Popularity Among Millennials as It Adds Booking Sites

Despite recent gains, Google Flights is still the price-comparison tool of tomorrow, and not today -- unless its scale makes the instant booking of flights a standard way of doing things.

Google Flights Gains Popularity Among Millennials as It Adds Booking Sites

Online Travel

New Trends Report: The State of Travel Metasearch in 2015

A smart look at the factors, including the rush toward direct bookings, that are shaping the entire metasearch sector in 2015.

New Trends Report: The State of Travel Metasearch in 2015

Online Travel

Google Flight Search update lets you search for regions, not just airports

A number of startups are trying to make flight comparison easier with pinning and saving, but Google Flight Search's update is a good model for a seamless regional search.

Airlines

Google Flight Search methodically working on airline partnerships

Getting the technology right is just part of the challenge for Google Flight Search. Working on those airline partnerships around the world takes time.