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Orbitz losses widen on under-performing US businesses

By Dennis Schaal | May 5, 2011

Orbitz Worldwide's first quarter losses widened to $10.9 million, from $5.3 million in the red a year earlier, and the company attributed much of the drag to its under-performing U.S. consumer... Read More

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RIP Sidestep

By Kevin May | March 15, 2011

In amongst the revelry on St Patrick's Day this Thursday there will be a few pausing on their pints of Guinness to have a moment of silence to mourn the passing of Sidestep. Read More

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Bing makes the switch to Kayak for flights

By Dennis Schaal | March 15, 2011

Bing and Kayak implemented their partnership late last week and Kayak now powers Bing Travel's flights. Read More

Orbitz pursues legal remedies against Kayak in online travel dispute

By Dennis Schaal | March 14, 2011

Asked to comment on the new Kayak-Travelocity relationship, Orbitz Worldwide says it is pursuing legal remedies against Kayak for allegedly impinging on its exclusivity rights. Read More

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In mega meta reversal, Kayak takes direct hotel bookings through Travelocity

By Dennis Schaal | March 14, 2011

In a major twist, Kayak began taking direct hotel bookings on its own website through a white-label partnership with the Travelocity Partner Network. Read More

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Expedia is back in Kayak flight search results

By Dennis Schaal | March 11, 2011

Several weeks after executing a disappearing act, Expedia is back in Kayak's core flight search results in some U.S. markets. Read More

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Google Maps to deliver hotel rates fast as lightning but how accurately?

By Dennis Schaal | March 9, 2011

How will Google Maps with hotel pricing, which the search engine is testing in a variety of global markets, shape up against the hotel offerings of metasearch players such as Kayak? Read More

After Kayak and Fairmont beta, Pegasus launches hotel MetaSearch Services

By Dennis Schaal | March 8, 2011

After conducting a beta test with Kayak, Fairmont Hotels and at least three other chains, Pegasus Solutions launched a new product, MetaSearch Services. Read More

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Did Expedia go missing in Kayak to clean up IPO issue?

By Dennis Schaal | March 7, 2011

As Kayak partners with Bing and readies an IPO, Kayak may be seeking to tidy up a nasty issue with Orbitz. Read More

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FairSearch tries the satire route in its war with Google

By Kevin May | March 4, 2011

It must be Friday in lobbyingland, with the anti-Google coalition FairSearch mocking the search giant's efforts to talk up the benefits of its proposed acquisition of ITA Software. Read More

Microsoft turns to Kayak for flight search to fight Google Travel

By Dennis Schaal | March 4, 2011

Microsoft's Bing Travel is handing over flight metasearch duties to Kayak as the two erstwhile competitors bolster their existing alliance to counter Google's accelerated push into travel. Read More

Kayak secret weapon in Google Travel competition -- innovation velocity

By Dennis Schaal | March 2, 2011

Can Kayak compete with Google if, as expected, Google gets more involved in the travel industry? Read More

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Hipmunk launches hotel search, swaps agony for ecstasy

By Kevin May | March 1, 2011

Another development in the still short life of Silicon Valley darling Hipmunk with the unveiling of its hotel search service. Read More

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Hipmunk tries to take agony out of mobile flight search

By Kevin May | February 22, 2011

Given that the Hipmunk experience is based on a highly visual and, well, wide format it was always going to be interesting to see how it would migrate to a mobile app. Read More

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WAYN switches Kayak for Momondo, targets tours and activities

By Kevin May | February 21, 2011

Travel social network WAYN is bringing in flight search engine Momondo at the expense of rival Kayak as it looks to concentrate on destination-based products. Read More

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