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Breaking new ground, Expedia launched a new iPhone app, TripAssist, which enables users to track itineraries booked on Travelocity, Opodo or Agoda -- any travel website, actually -- in addition to those booked in-house on Expedia.... Read More

ebookers, which had struggled for years with a mish-mash of inventory platforms, led Orbitz Worldwide's transaction growth in the fourth quarter as the Europe-based online travel agency saw transactions climb 37% and net revenue jump 60%.... Read More

Astonishing results expected tomorrow when the annual Business SuperBrands Top 500 Survey reveals beleaguered British Airways has returned to form in the eyes of marketers.... Read More

Following what it describes as an "extraordinary" year, in which global sales declined nearly 23%, Carlson Wagonlit Travel signed a memorandum of understanding to explore outsourcing some of its mid- and back-office transaction technologies to Amadeus, the companies say.... Read More

Under-pressure consumer-to-agent lead-gen service Tripology has taken the unusual step of announcing it has a buyer before a deal is completed in full.... Read More

Score another small victory for the online travel agencies in the hotel-tax skirmishes: In a majority opinion, the Philadelphia County Tax Review Board upheld Expedia's petition and dismissed the city's hotel-tax assessment.... Read More

Continental is set to engage in another round of layoffs of reservations' agents as the percentage of passenger revenue it takes in from its "lowest cost distribution channel," Continental.com, continues its steady climb.... Read More

Surprising news for the digerati from a large survey by budget accommodation provider Hostelworld indicating that Facebook and YouTube lead the way in use of social media by travellers at the expense of Twitter.... Read More

Zugu, the fledgling metasearch brand from Cheapflights, is already looking at adding other elements to its flight search such as hotels and car hire.... Read More

Rang7, a widely talked about online travel startup from India in 2009, has disappeared less than a year on from its launch.... Read More

Priceline expects Google, with its Google City Tours product, and Microsoft, with Bing Travel, to make a more-direct play for travel consumers.... Read More

Most popular travel websites in the US for the week ending February 20 2010.... Read More

British Airways is starting to suffer the medium to long-term effects of its ongoing dispute with cabin crew, not least in the amount of traffic its website receives from metasearch engines.... Read More

Travelport GDS is offering a secure instant-messaging system, TravelChat, to Worldspan and Galileo travel agents in the Middle East.... Read More

Google surprised many in adland a few months ago when its first major outdoor advertising campaign was launched simply to plug its Chrome browser.... Read More