Feature 1: Travel search is about ready to take the next leap, courtesy of next-generation search engines like Hopper and Ness, and new products like the Google Hotel Finder.
Ness search app
Ness Computing announced a $5 million series A funding round back in July, and now its ready to launch its app, starting with restaurants.
Ness is a personal search-engine app that provides users with content from trusted friends and results tailored to each individual persons preferences.
The app intelligently adapts to a users tastes over time. Its so-called Likeness Engine uses collaborative filtering, social graph data mining and natural language processing.
Existing search engines dont have a sense of who you are; they just know whats available, said Corey Reese, CEO and co-founder of Ness Computing. Ness is a better way to discover new restaurants on the go, because its results are specifically tailored to you. The future of search lies in anticipating the wants of the consumer and delivering intelligent, personally relevant results.
Ness launches personal search engine, starting with restaurants Likeness.com
Hopper raises $8 million to reinvent travel search - Hopper.travel
Google Hotel Finder clients pleased with results - HNN
Hacker Fares: A new way to find deals on flights - Kayak
Feature 2: The long awaited sale of ancillary products by air carriers using an electronic miscellaneous document kicked off with a sale by ARC on behalf of American Airlines. This initial EMD transaction was for a preferred seat on Flight 523 from Dallas/Fort Worth to El Paso, Texas, and placed via Americans direct connect technology provider, Farelogix.
EMDs allow agency customers a one-stop shopping window where they can pay for items like extra baggage and premium seats at the same time their tickets are purchased.
ARC processes first travel agent EMD transaction - ARC Corp
Frontier Airlines parent CEO eyes new online-ticket sales strategies Denver Business Journal
AmEx to launch new online travel booking platform AmericanExpress.com
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