Travel Technology

Car rentals seem a natural fit for GateGuru as its mobile fans work their ways through the airport. Hotels would be a no-brainer, too.

Utility during users' daily lives trumps specialized travel usage, time and again, and yet travel startups focus on occasional leisure travelers and hope to scale based on that. Data tell you otherwise.

In seven short years Google has taken the bland maps of Mapquest and its forebears and turned them into living documents that keep explaining the world around us to us in more compelling ways.

Kayak doesn't have to disclose mobile revenue and wouldn't unless it paints an upbeat picture, which it does.

Food Network has figured out how to make its TV content relevant and fun for mobile users. The app encourages users to share their favorite stops on Facebook or custom build road trips based on themed shows.

Google, whose fortunes were built on simplicity, now believes loading its maps with features, including public transit info, will differentiate again Apple's upcoming maps.

Verbalizeit’s crowd-sourced translators are paid for their time, ensuring that travelers and business relying on the service for affordable and accessible translations will have help whenever it’s needed.

Trover's team realized early on that people were neither planning itineraries nor connecting with frieds, so it switched to a Pinterest-like model that trades on inspiration rather than organization.

It's tough going for any social site that wants to focus on connection users with friends or even friends of friends who are traveling.

Now that Google owns ITA, Amadeus fills a need for Kayak, Hipmunk and Expedia, but we're skeptical that the quality of Amadeus Meta Pricer is up to the task.