Google Puts Hotel Booking Feature to the Front Page

Google, having first introduced the hotel booking feature in November on a limited test basis, has now pushed the ability to procure a reservation to the front page of the main search results for both blended and 7-pack displays. The test from Google has included a limited number of travel sites and a few high end independent hotels on a pay per click basis. Google has not been forthcoming about how to participate in the program noting that the program would be available to all someday.

The option to book directly from the page is visible in both the blended results and the 7-Pack.

Draggable Routes Demo – Bing Maps API – Windows Azure

Bing Maps API – Draggable Routes Demo

Bing Maps Draggable Route
Routes can now be made draggable

“Many people like the drag-able routes in the consumer facing implementation of Bing Maps. This feature basically allows you to mouse over a route-path and drag a point to a location that you want to drive past. “

Bing Maps Dragged Route
Dragged Route – Auto re-calculation of the route.

Multi-waypoint routing in Bing Maps. You can have up to 25 waypoints, 27 including start point, an endpoint and up to 25 points in between within a single route-calculation. When the route is dragged the API re-calculates the route and basically adds an additional waypoint into the route.

Draggable Routes Bing Maps Demo
http://talkingdonkey.cloudapp.net/BM-AJ-Drag-able-Route/Default.htm

Source with Code with thanks to Johannes Kebeck
http://johanneskebeck.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!42E1F70205EC8A96!12519.entry