Is the online travel industry headed for a major shakeup? GoogleLast month, Google revealed its streamlined trip-planning platform, Google Travel, which brings Google Flights, Google Hotels and other tools under one roof. For travelers who regularly use multiple Google products – Google Search, Gmail, Google Calendar, Google Maps and so on – this platform will keep all of your trip research and past itineraries in one place. Google Maps is emerging as an increasingly critical cog in the Google machine. “Google Travel is constantly improving, just like Google Maps is constantly approving,” says Schaal.

Source: Forbes June 30, 2019 15:22 UTC