Google throws the travel industry a bone by making hotel listings in Search free - Android

Hotels have had kind of a rough year. So has everyone, of course, but it's safe to say that the travel industry is in a bit of a crisis at the moment. That's the context Google used to announce that as of now, it's free for hotels to list specific room rates and dates in the price comparison tool at Google.com/travel.

Despite the helpful tone on its blog post, this isn't an altruistic move.

Google throws the travel industry a bone by making hotel listings in Search free was written by the awesome team at Android Police.