Think responded with an automated "we're working on it" message, which I'll paste below. I'm going to give them about a month, and then see about a third party. As much as I don't want to have yet another company to give commissions to, Google is the 800-pound gorilla and I can't be left behind, sadly.
ThinkReservations is working with Google’s advertisement to allow for direct booking, “Google Hotel Ads”. We’re currently waiting on Google at this point. We don’t have an ETA from them but we’re hopeful we will hear back from them soon so that we can continue down the development path to support Google Hotel Ads. It’s been a long drawn-out process for us as we started reaching out to Google about partnering with them back in 2015 when Google Hotel Ads was released. We’ve made some progress with them recently, however!
Have a great rest of your day!.
PhineasSwann said:
Google is the 800-pound gorilla...
They sure are. But their ideas aren't a sure thing. They've had a lot of failures, haven't they. Things that were beat out by better products. I never heard of most of the things on this list. I just found it on...Bing ;-)
- Google+.
- Orkut.
- Google Wave.
- Google Hangouts.
- Google Answers.
- Google Catalog Search.
- Dodgeball.
- Google Notebook.
- Google Page Creator.
- Google Video.
- Google Glass.
- Google Knol.
- Google Offers.
- Google Web Accelerator.
- Jaiku.
- Google Health.
- Google X.
- Google Lively.
- Google Buzz.
- Nexus Q.
- Google Reader.
- iGoogle.
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Arks said:
They sure are. But their ideas aren't a sure thing. They've had a lot of failures, haven't they...
That being said, I just got the latest newsletter from hotel management expert Vikram Singh. The lead story is, "How Google Reviews Is Crushing TripAdvisor". An excerpt:
My latest article is about Google Reviews and how it is taking the lead over TripAdvisor. Optimizing your Google Reviews presence needs to be a priority for anyone running a location-focused business. Hotels and B&Bs are as location-centric as it gets. I also outline how TripAdvisor is slipping into the dark territory Yelp now occupies in the restaurant industry.
Based on this, I spent about 30 minutes updating my "Google My Business" page, adding updated photos (last ones I added were 5 years ago), added amenities, business hours, etc. that I hadn't bothered with back when they seemed less important than TA.
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