Officials revealed Google would soon display the percentage of open hotels with availability, as well as the percentage of flights operating at the city or county level. The changes will include trendlines for both categories.
This comes after they (Google) announced plans to add new content to its travel search results in the coming days and travellers will also be able to find advisories and the number of confirmed coronavirus cases in an area through links on the website.
Google also announced it would soon offer travellers the ability to filter their hotel and vacation rental search results to only see properties that offer free cancellations, a significant concern during the ongoing viral pandemic.
Last month, the company revealed added features such as information about destination restrictions and advisories, airline change fee and cancellation policies and driving alerts that flag COVID-19 checkpoints and restrictions along a user's route.
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