Expedia has appointed a new online advertising agency for Europe as the company gears up to roll out its new branding from the US.... Read More

Some seven months after American Airlines and HP signed a letter of intent for HP to build a new passenger services system for American, an airline spokesman revealed the two parties have reached a formal agreement.... Read More

Orbitz Worldwide added travel industry veteran Brad Gerstner to its board of directors, and Gerstner says he took the post to support CEO Barney Harford's mission to transform Orbitz into "a global hotel powerhouse."... Read More

Amadeus, Travelport and Sabre have briefly tossed their differences aside to come together to back the launch of a fundraising programme to help support global health projects.... Read More

Hotel-deals syndicator Travelscream plans to release at the end of this month a free iPhone app which would enable hotel partners to promote ancillary services, from spa treatments to dining and tours, to hotel guests before, during and after their stays.... Read More

Ebookers is attempting to take on the increasingly competitive European hotel marketplace by moving alongside rivals such as Expedia and Booking.com over hotel fees.... Read More

Priceline began offering a "bounty," but thankfully Travelocity's Roaming Gnome is safe in that regard.... Read More

TLabs focus on startups featuring Switzerland-based GetYourGuide.... Read More

Travel content business SimonSeeks, brainchild of TravelSupermarket founder Simon Nixon, will unveil a second phase for the site in April 2010.... Read More

Online vacation-rental leader HomeAway broadened its reach and inventory mix with the purchase of BedandBreakfast.com for an undisclosed sum.... Read More

Most popular travel websites in Australia for the week ending February 27 2010.... Read More

Kicking it in with other airlines pursuing ancillary services, Continental will begin offering passengers the option of purchasing economy-class seats with extra legroom, with a minimum of seven extra inches of leg-stretching space.... Read More

Among the three U.S.-based public company online travel agencies -- Expedia, Priceline and Orbitz Worldwide -- Jake Fuller sees Expedia and Orbitz closing the gap a bit on a global basis with "outperformer" Priceline in 2010.... Read More

Another wonderful flight tracking (coffee break/time-waster) site has emerged courtesy of RadarVirtuel.... Read More

A Financial Times and Harris Interactive online poll finds that the majority of Americans, Brits, Italians, French and Germans would bring on body scanners with X-rays in airports, while Spaniards and Chinese are less enthusiastic.... Read More