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Travelers’ Hotel Choices: No Choice At All

When Google acquired ITA flight software a couple of years back, a group of competitors went ballistic warning of unfair…

Big OTAs and Big Hotels in Price Fixing Lawsuit

A federal lawsuit naming the likes of Expedia, Orbitz, Booking.com, Travelocity, Trump International Hotels Management, Intercontinental, Kimpton, Sabre Holdings, Priceline,…

Google Hotel Finder Adds “Search by Travel Time”

Google Hotel Finder has finally rolled out some of its much-anticipated 'innovation', in the form of a new search parameter…

Google Restaurant Finder? Well, Not Quite Yet

Google's head of Local, Maps and Location Services, Marissa Mayer, just announced the acquisition of Zagat, publisher of worldwide restaurant…

Google Is NOT Taking Over Travel With Hotel Finder

Okay, just because Google bought ITA, just because flight search stuff got put onto the search page, just because they…

Will Google Launch Their ITA Travel Weapon?

According to TechCrunch's reliable network of source, Google may well roll out an integrated ITA search platform within days. A…

Orbitz Stock Into Orbit With American Airlines Verdict

For all those investors who emailed to ask me if the American Airlines slash Orbitz fight would be a game…

US Government Approves Google-ITA Deal

The Department of Justice has approved a $700 million deal that will see Google acquire ITA Software, a travel technology…

Bing-Kayak: Travel Search or Dumb Meets Dumber?

The still raging war for online travel supremacy continues with news from Microsoft and Kayak. The pending sale of ITA…

Online Travel Warfare To End Soon

The war in online travel over basically who gets what & when continues this week with Delta Airlines snatching seats…

Cease Fire Called In Online Travel Wars

The ceasefire between American Airlines and GDS giant Sabre signals an "all quiet" moment on the front lines of the…

A Savory Set of Travel Startups: Book One

Some really great online travel sites never even get mentioned. What with all the stories about American Airlines, Google, Expedia,…

Google’s Probability of Online Travel Success

American Airlines and ITA penned a deal the other day which AA claims had nothing to do with Google's acquisition…

Getting There and Carried Away Airlines

The recent war between online travel agents and major airlines heats up still more. But for the travel consumer, how…

Gunfight At the Google Travel Corral

Recent developments in online travel highlight the immense power the Internet has on traditional structures. Google's ITA software deal is…

Fear Google – Trust Expedia

Google's detractors huddle in Phoenix at this year's PhoCusWright Conference to try an lobby allies. Fearing Google's ITA acquisition will…

The Decaying Orbit of Orbitz Online

With the holiday travel season upon us, and Google pushing online travel giants around, the best Orbitz can come up…

New Google Travel Rumors, Buy Bid On Opodo

Rumors are about suggesting Google may be in the market for online travel portal Opodo. If the news that Amadeus…