If you believe the Business Travel Coalition and industry rumblings, American Airlines is serious about proceeding with plans to make users -- presumably travel management companies, corporations and global distribution systems -- pay for content by leveraging its direct-connect business with Farelogix and perhaps other distributors.... Read More

All Nippon Airways selected Savvis to provide managed services for 90 of ANA's corporate websites and intranets, Savvis says.... Read More

Most popular travel websites in the US for the week ending April 3 2010.... Read More

Orbitz Worldwide is making a hoped-for big push into the private-label distribution business through what it describes as an exclusive partnership with iSeatz, which provides technology and ancillary-merchandising solutions to clients including Delta Air Lines, Air France-KLM and Amtrak.... Read More

UK-based carrier British Airways has now signed new agreements with every Global Distribution System after signing with Sabre Travel Network this week.... Read More

The Indian division of auction giant eBay is following its UK counterpart by unveiling travel search and booking to its website.... Read More

Spirit Airlines introduced $30 fees for carry-on bags when the fee is paid online or over the phone and $45 at the gate [credit cards only please], becoming the first U.S.-based carrier to charge for carry-on bags.... Read More

TLabs focus on startups featuring London-based Everbread.... Read More

Most popular travel websites in the UK for the week ending April 3 2010.... Read More

Rather quirky attempt at publicity today from eco-travel site ResponsibleTravel.com after claiming it was hacked by a non-malicious user but decided to keep the content.... Read More

With all of the hype about the iPad, does anyone remember the Kindle? Amazon attempted to break through the iPad media frenzy today with an announcement that Michelin Driving Tours are now exclusively available for six months in the Kindle Store at $3.99 per download.... Read More

Cruise line Royal Caribbean has built an iPhone app to allow passengers on its flagship Oasis of the Seas vessel to manage their entire trip (and family) from a handset.... Read More

The already delayed implementation of a Southwest-WestJet codeshare agreement has run into further trouble as Southwest says reports of a possible WestJet-Delta codeshare "could be inconsistent" with the Southwest-WestJet agreement.... Read More

If the new battle front in the online travel war is in growing ancillary revenue then AwardWallet is perhaps indicating how dedicated sites for managing loyalty schemes are also leaping forward.... Read More

Travelocity company mascot, The Roaming Gnome, appears to be fronting the first push by a travel company to tap into the mind-boggingly growth and popularity of Chatroulette.... Read More