Opinion

Could Google kill holiday rental websites?

Posted on: March 14th, 2012 by Richard Speigal

 

Google holiday rentals?
Tnooz broke a heart-stopping rumour this week that Google may be planning to buy TripAdvisor. Right now that’s all it is - a rumour. But with TripAdvisor having considerable interest in the holiday rentals market, it left us pondering the implications of such a deal.

TripAdvisor owns Flipkey in the US and Holiday Lettings in the UK. Were these sites to fall into the hands of Google, could they hurt competing holiday rental websites?... Read More →

Why we loathe the UK ‘staycation’ campaign

Posted on: March 7th, 2012 by Richard Speigal

 

UK staycations
The UK government has launched a shiny campaign fronted by worthies including Judy Dench and Stephen Fry encouraging Britons to stay home this summer. They're backing it with discounts of 20.12% on thousands of hotels, restaurants and attractions to mark Olympic year.

In a tough year for the holiday industry, we'd prefer they go boil their heads.... Read More →