Internet giant Google will soon be launching its flight search tool, according to reports. The news comes via a recent report released by Tech Crunch and follows a massive legal battle after the company released plans to acquire flight search software firm ITA for $700 million. When Google announced the deal midway through last year, [...]

A new survey suggests that at a time when holiday budgets are expected to be tight a high percentage of Brits are actually prepared to pay more for an annual trip if they can secure a unique experience. Consumer watchdog Which? magazine asked its readers to rate their top travel companies and the result was [...]

Britain’s anti-trust regulating agency has said it would continue to gather evidence against online travel firms over alleged price-fixing. The investigation by the Office of Fair Trading had begun in September of last year when British internet travel provider Skoosh.com said that numerous other online travel providers were blocking the cheapest UK hotel rates offered [...]

Expedia.com and American Airlines have ended a standoff over booking systems and fees. The new agreement between the two travel giants means that American Airlines’ flights are once again available on Expedia’s booking website. The news follows a three-month dispute following AA’s announcement that it would no longer use the central booking engine utilised by [...]

Low-cost carrier Air Asia has announced a new deal in cooperation with online firm Expedia. The US $20 million agreement will enable the online travel agent to allow its customers to book Air Asia flights via its own website. The move between Asia’s biggest budget carrier and the world’s biggest online travel firm comes despite [...]

Online travel provider Expedia has announced a multi-year distribution deal with Canadian budget carrier WestJet. The agreement will allow Expedia and its Hotwire and Egencia websites to continue listing and selling the full range of WestJet’s schedule of flights in both Canada and the United States. WestJet offers travellers in excess of 400 daily flights [...]

Tourism in Australia is already looking up just a week after Oprah’s one-week visit was televised in the United States. Numerous groups in the industry have reported an increase of visitors following the high-profile daytime chat show host’s visit as well as a wealth of new attention in regards to bookings and research for holidays [...]

A row has begun in the United States between online travel websites and Airlines over flight booking system changes. The news follows the shift by the US’s largest carrier American Airlines to a new booking system that eliminates the ability for online travel agents to book its flights. In response, 125 online travel firms including [...]

Several state and local governments in the US are suing Travelocity, Priceline and other travel sites. They’ve claimed that the sites are not paying the taxes due for rooms booked via their websites. Montana and Florida state governments are among the more than 60 authorities backing the claim, which has targeted Orbitz, Priceline, Expedia and [...]

Expedia, the online travel agency, has suspended selling American Airlines’ tickets as it claims the commercial strategy of the carrier has become anti-choice and anti-consumer. The move by the travel site follows a fight between American and Orbitz in December. American cited a reduction in distribution costs as the reason it was taking features including [...]