Expedia showed off two new features at the Expedia Partner Event in Las Vegas a few weeks ago:

1) A real time travel ticker that keeps a person up to speed with the latest information on hotel activity which you can see when you go to Expedia.com and log in. When I went there, it showed seemingly random hotels, complete with how many rooms were booked in the last 48 hours, when the last booking was, and how many people are viewing the hotel now. The "ticker" is slow, though. I would rather have the ability to quickly add cities or hotels I am interested in, and have the the display include those preferences. Plus, I would like to see the price of the hotels.

2) A hotel review service in real time. By pinging guests after check-in, this app allows instant feedback, so no more waiting until the trip is over to warn others about the awful bed, or the wonderful service you received wherever you stayed. Also, this allows the hotel to address your concerns before you leave and, hopefully, turn bad experiences into good ones. This could be good, but it does beg the question about why the guests don't just talk directly to the hotel.

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Expedia previews live travel ticker and real-time reviews