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Travel Innovations and Challenges: DOT's Loyalty Program Hearing, Sustainability Efforts by Google & Expedia, and Hotel Direct...

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This week’s Update features a variety of topics – sustainability (x2), airline loyalty programs, NDC and direct booking campaigns (among others). I hope you enjoy....more

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Online Travel Update: Google Updates Upcoming

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Our weekly Online Travel Update for the week ending Sunday, January 27, is below. This week’s Update provides updates on both DOT’s and FTC’s recent rulemaking efforts around “hidden” industry fees. Enjoy....more

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Online Travel Update: Rumors Around a Possible Sabre Sale Persist

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This week’s Update covers a variety of topics, including persistent rumors regarding a possible Sabre sale and proposed new federal regulations governing airline fee disclosures that may one day serve as a foundation for...more

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Driverless Vehicles Have Arrived in North Carolina - How Will Your Industry be Affected?

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Twelve years old. In North Carolina, a person as young as twelve years old may ride alone in a fully autonomous—or, “driverless”—vehicle....more

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Social Links: Yelp’s Communications Decency Act claim; Twitter loosens its character limit; building a Snapchat audience

The California Supreme Court agreed to hear Yelp’s case arguing that requiring the company to remove a one-star review of a law firm “creates a gaping hole” in the immunity that shields internet service providers from suits...more

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U.S. DOT Moving Closer to Certification of Driverless Cars

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Motor vehicle design continues to make significant technological leaps incorporating a number of automated features, with many manufacturers pioneering the concept of driverless cars. What was once the stuff of science...more

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A New Coalition Seeks to Pave the Way for Fully Autonomous Vehicles

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Last week the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration (NHTSA) held the second of two meetings at Stanford University to solicit input from the public regarding the safety guidelines it is developing for the...more

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Gear Up for Driverless Cars: Auto and Tech Companies Join Forces to Lobby

Automobile and technology heavy weights Google, Ford, Volvo, Uber and Lyft jointly created the Self-Driving Coalition for Safer Streets, a lobbying group that will work with both policy makers and the public to promote...more

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Michigan Law’s Autonomous Vehicles Conference: Legal and Regulatory Hurdles to Deployment

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Earlier this month, I attended a conference at the University of Michigan Law School: Autonomous Vehicles: Legal and Regulatory Hurdles to Deployment. It was a good excuse to go embrace all of the nostalgia that comes from...more

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Driverless Car Crash Brings Public Concerns to the Forefront

A Google driverless car collided with a bus when it tried to merge into an adjacent lane to avoid an obstacle ahead. Google attributes the error to a miscalculation – the car’s computer expected the bus to slow down and allow...more

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Autonomous Vehicles (Part 2) - The Capabilities and Liabilities of Self-Driving Cars

On November 6, 2015, Toyota announced that it plans to invest $1 billion in a Silicon Valley research center for artificial intelligence. On November 10, Volkswagen said it had hired away from Apple its lead expert on...more

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