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Expedia's Facebook fans can now choose among the top 10 finalists in a contest to come up with a new name for Expedia's Vacation Packages.... Read More

FairSearch, the coalition opposed to Google's acquisition of ITA Software, questions whether Google's treatment of Kayak amounts to retribution against a competitor which has questioned Google's market power.... Read More

Until now, only a limited number of advertisers could show hotel pricing and availability in Google Maps, but now Google is expanding its pay-for-click hotel price advertising program.... Read More

UK travel agents hooked up to the Travelport global distribution system can now download a software application to book British Airways' pre-paid seats.... Read More

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Orbitz Worldwide, which was ITA Software's first customer, renewed an agreement to use ITA's airfare search product on Orbitz.com and sister site CheapTickets.com through 2015.... Read More

Major hotel chains as well as the American Hotel & Lodging Association have lined up to oppose the latest effort by online travel agencies to get legislation passed in Florida that would prohibit efforts to tax them on retail hotel rates.... Read More

Air transport tech firm SITA has inked a deal with crowd management system provider Bluelon to license its iQueue system for tackling passenger congestion at airports.... Read More

Hotel CRS vendor Trust International entered into a Google program to resell Google AdWords to hotel customers and get their properties displayed in Google Maps and Google Places.... Read More

Most popular travel websites in the US for the week ending February 5 2011.... Read More

TLabs Showcase on travel startups featuring UK-based hotel flash sale site Secret Escapes.... Read More

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Trip planning startup IWannaGoThere is starting to widen out from its core travel guide service with a push into mobile, boutique hotel deal with Splendia and web shop.... Read More

International rail tickets are to be made available on the Dolphin Dynamics reservation system thanks to a partnership signed with SilverRail Technologies.... Read More

Clever and extremely successful tourism social media marketing campaign fronted by VisitDallas to coincide with the Super Bowl XLV.... Read More