Priceline CEO Jeffery Boyd thinks metasearch's best days are behind it, argues that Jetsetter's private, members-only hotel sales will forever remain a niche endeavor, and rules out relaunching a Name-Your-Own Price offering in the U.K. Other than that -- and a few other subjects -- Boyd had little to say at the Goldman Sachs Technology and Internet Conference 2010 in San Francisco today.... Read More

So how did Carnival Cruise Lines and Travelocity manage to beef up the ranks of unique visitors to their websites in January?... Read More

Tnooz is this week unveiling TLabs, a new channel on the site dedicated to the little guy, the bedroom-coder or the fledgling business eager to get in front its peers.... Read More

U.S. airlines may have difficulties making fare increases stick, but Carnival Cruise Lines, citing "record wave season bookings," revealed it will raise prices "across-the board," effective March 22.... Read More

Travel companies have been pounding away at deal-oriented newsletters in the past couple of years, and Expedia's Hotwire unit recently revealed that its Hotwire travel-ticker newsletter has signed on 11 million subscribers.... Read More

MySkyStatus, a system developed by Lufthansa to allow passengers to send status updates to their social networks in-flight, has doubled the number of messages sent out in the space of a month.... Read More

Amazing, Truly, Uniquely, WOW, even Bloody – you name it, every adjective has been thrown at destination branding.... Read More

Most popular travel websites in Australia for the week ending February 20 2010.... Read More

Breaking new ground, Expedia launched a new iPhone app, TripAssist, which enables users to track itineraries booked on Travelocity, Opodo or Agoda -- any travel website, actually -- in addition to those booked in-house on Expedia.... Read More

ebookers, which had struggled for years with a mish-mash of inventory platforms, led Orbitz Worldwide's transaction growth in the fourth quarter as the Europe-based online travel agency saw transactions climb 37% and net revenue jump 60%.... Read More

Astonishing results expected tomorrow when the annual Business SuperBrands Top 500 Survey reveals beleaguered British Airways has returned to form in the eyes of marketers.... Read More

Following what it describes as an "extraordinary" year, in which global sales declined nearly 23%, Carlson Wagonlit Travel signed a memorandum of understanding to explore outsourcing some of its mid- and back-office transaction technologies to Amadeus, the companies say.... Read More

Under-pressure consumer-to-agent lead-gen service Tripology has taken the unusual step of announcing it has a buyer before a deal is completed in full.... Read More

Score another small victory for the online travel agencies in the hotel-tax skirmishes: In a majority opinion, the Philadelphia County Tax Review Board upheld Expedia's petition and dismissed the city's hotel-tax assessment.... Read More

Continental is set to engage in another round of layoffs of reservations' agents as the percentage of passenger revenue it takes in from its "lowest cost distribution channel," Continental.com, continues its steady climb.... Read More