Yesterday morning, after a tip off, it seemed an anomaly had cropped up on Google with a number of hotels searched for alongside the term 'booking.com' coming back with 953 reviews and 4.5 stars.... Read More

If you want to get push notifications on your smartphone when airfares drop on particular routes or when the price falls on a flight you've already booked, Yapta's new iPhone app may come in handy.... Read More

Onboard Wi-Fi provider Gogo is offering passengers on many US airlines 30 minutes of free Wi-Fi to get some holiday shopping in during their flights.... Read More

Talk about multichannel distribution? Travel agents using Rand McNally's Tripology.com are now getting customer leads via Travel Channel series about various vacation spots.... Read More

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