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Virgin Atlantic sees success by improving user flight shopping experience
Monday, December 16, 2013
Over the past year Virgin Atlantic completely redesigned
www.virigin-atlantic.com
and expanded the way they use Google’s QPX™ pricing and shopping technology to
simplify and improve the flight shopping process
.
Their hard work has definitely paid off, as Virgin Atlantic has seen a significant increase in flight search conversions and the overall value of completed bookings since launch. Additionally, Virgin Atlantic was recently named the
Lovie Award’s 2013 Web Futures Gold Winner for Best User Experience
.
David Bulman, Director of Information Technology, Virgin Atlantic, “One of the biggest benefits we realized since launching QPX is the dramatic increase in booking values. It’s easy for customers to quickly compare the different classes of service and realize the value they can get for different fare families. This means customers are frequently trading up and in fact, booking values on our flight search page have increased over 17% year-on-year. Working with Google and implementing QPX technology played a critical contribution to this success.”
We work with our travel partners, like Virgin Atlantic, to make the travel experience better for our users and help them innovate to accomplish their goals. You can check out the
video and details about Virgin Atlantic's recent success
. Way to go Virgin Atlantic!
Posted by Nicola Simionato, General Manager, Travel, EMEA & APAC
Take off for the holidays with Google Street View
Wednesday, December 04, 2013
(Cross-posted on the
Google Maps blog
)
Whether it’s touring the canals of
Venice
, swimming with the seals in the
Galapagos
or climbing the
Burj Khalifa
in Dubai, Street View has taken you to some of the most beautiful and exciting places around the world. Now, in addition to scoping out your destination, Street View can help you cut down the stress of traveling by giving you a preview of your journey, too. Our first efforts to map global transit locations include 16 international airports, over 50 train and subway stations, and even a cable car station in Hong Kong.
Here’s an
interactive map
so you can see the new Street View transit locations worldwide.
Now you can visit the check-in counter of your airline in Madrid, map out the way from baggage claim to the bus at Tokyo International Airport and check out where to pick up your rental car at Eindhoven Airport; you can even scope out your seat on an Emirates flight from Dubai! Or, if you’re planning to take the train, navigate through Waterloo station so you can be one step ahead, whether you’re with a group of friends, family or a baby stroller.
Check in at Madrid Barajas, ES
Arrivals, Tokyo International Airport, JP
Eindhoven Airport, NL
Emirates A380 at Dubai Airport
Waterloo Station, London, UK
Don’t let travel logistics get you down this holiday season. With Street View, you can see how to get where you’re going faster and easier. Enjoy and safe travels!
Posted by Ulf Spitzer, Google Street View Program Manager
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