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Wotif has cornered the online accommodation booking space in Australia and New Zealand, turning over $1.1 billion worth of bookings per year for over 17,000 accommodation provides in Australia, New Zealand and South East Asia.... Read More

Much shedding of collective tears from other startups a few months ago when travel inspiration site Joobili announced it was closing its doors after almost four years in business.... Read More

The US government handed Concur a potentially $1.4 billion contract over 15 years to power the next iteration of the federal E-Gov Travel Service.... Read More

Orbitz Worldwide announced the resignations of its CFO and the president of its partner services group, and the global hotel business team will now report directly to CEO Barney Harford.... Read More

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An advertising experiment in Google Hotel Finder enables Google and online travel agencies to blatantly and misleadingly cash in on hotels' intellectual property.... Read More

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