As publishers, consumers and law enforcement get more sophisticated, so will the bad guys. It is doubtful fake reviews can ever be fully eradicated.... Read More

With the newspapers full of travel shop closures and general high street woes, perhaps it's time to borrow from another sector.... Read More

US Department of Transportation to airlines -- be careful what you tweet.The DOT reached a $50,000 settlement with Spirit Airlines over tweets and billboard advertising which didn't adequately disclose the taxes and fees associated with the airline's $9 one-way fares.... Read More

Delta Air Lines introduced bag-tracking on Delta.com in April and now has introduced the service on its Fly Delta Android and iPhone apps.... Read More

A federal judge in Texas terminated Orbitz Worldwide as a defendant in an antitrust lawsuit brought by American Airlines and dismissed several claims against Travelport and Sabre, as well.... Read More

As Expedia shareholders get set to vote Dec. 6 on the TripAdvisor spinoff, Expedia is telling potential investors that travelers overwhelmingly find TripAdvisor's user reviews to be reliable.... Read More

Almost a year after partnering with eLong, HotelsCombined expanded its reach in China and other parts of Asia by integrating hotel rates from Ctrip, as well.... Read More

Expedia has acquired a further 8% in China-based online travel agency eLong for US$72.4 million... Read More

In the U.S., if you are getting ready for or are already embroiled in the Thanksgiving travel crush, or if you are abroad and just find yourself elbow-to-elbow with similarly harried travelers in an airport, take a moment to consider a utopian vision of the travel experience in a not-too-distant future.... Read More

Travelocity Global CEO Carl Sparks says Travelocity and Lastminute.com aren't getting their "fair share" and he's retooling the company's technology to turn things around.... Read More

Decolar is now just 0.25% market share ahead of rival Hotel Urbano, as the gap narrows considerably in the list of top travel websites in Brazil.... Read More

HotelTonight, the same-day, mobile hotel-booking service, picked up $9 million in a Series B funding round led by Battery Ventures.... Read More

The first installment of this series showed how social media and search engine optimization aligned to create an environment that rewards hotels with high customer ratings.... Read More

Short-term rental specialist HouseTrip is attracting more investment, this time a record $16.9 million from its existing backer Index Ventures and Balderton Capital.... Read More

A bitter row between airfare shopping technology startups Vayant and Everbread, which ended up in the courts, is over - with a settlement agreed last week.... Read More