A coalition urging the U.S. Dept. of Transportation to force airlines to distribute their ancillary-services fees across all distribution channels says it collected more than 50,000 signatures on a consumer petition.... Read More

Yahoo partnered with several content providers to introduce travel-planning tools on its Yahoo Travel Philippines website.... Read More

American Airlines says it invited the major global distribution systems to tie into its new direct-connect technology and negotiated with them for more than a year.... Read More

UK-based hotel website Skoosh is taking its dogged fight against the industry to Canada in yet another very public row, this time with two hotel chains.... Read More

I admit it -- sometimes I find myself pining for my Blackberry.... Read More

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Search is 16 years old and it is changing - in fact, we are entering a period where search companies are going to push and be pulled.... Read More

TLabs Showcase focus on startups featuring London, UK-based hotel review service Trip Elated.... Read More

Travel planning service TripIt used an upgrade of its pro service (the paid-for element of the product) to release a rather charming video clip to explain the product.... Read More

At this time of the year in Beijing, as summer gives way to autumn and the Chinese offer mooncakes to the Lady of the Moon, there’s a change in the direction of the wind that blows through the city.... Read More

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The Open AXIS Group board rejected a move to offer the GDSs a dedicated board seat that would rotate among them periodically.... Read More

User review site TripAdvisor is perhaps wisely attempting to remove itself from the strange story of a couple asked to leave a UK hotel because of a negative review.... Read More

JetBlue intends to get into the airline broadband business through its LiveTV subsidiary and a partnership with satellite and wireless communications provider ViaSat.... Read More

The globalization of travel websites presents challenges on many fronts.... Read More