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Priceline plans $500 million notes offering

Priceline.com plans to issue $500 million in convertible senior notes...

Travelport gets Safe Harbor approval

Travelport said it became the first GDS company to receive Safe Harbor...

New online itinerary tool includes activities search

A startup company called iZento has introduced an itinerary builder...

ARC sales, transactions up in January

ARC reports that the year is getting off to a good start, with total...

VAX names new president

Vacation portal VAX VacationAccess named GDS veteran Kathy Patrick...

L.A. court rules that online agencies don't owe back taxes

Online travel companies have won another round in their fight against...

Groupon website aims to be one-stop shop for Vegas goods, services

Groupon, a shopping website that offers a daily deal on the best local...

Max Hopper, airline technology pioneer, dies

Max Hopper, widely credited as being the father of the Sabre reservations...

Voyage.tv rolling out purchasing function on cable broadcasts

Travel agents will soon face competition from yet another electronic...

Report: China, India will lead region's online bookings boom

You can hardly blame the big online travel companies in North America...

Travel-Industry News »

The travel industry's challenge: Keeping up with airline fees

The rapid growth in ancillary airline revenue has forced GDSs, travel...

Tourism Cares involved with civil rights project in Alabama

Tourism Cares is partnering with Travel South USA to raise funds for...

LaHood tells aviation industry: Don’t fight high-speed rail funds

Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood last week delivered a stern rebuke...

Hawaii eagerly awaits Allegiant Air

Still reeling from the demise of two of its major airlines two years...

Oneworld carriers agree to shed slots

To secure antitrust immunity for their proposed transatlantic joint...

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TravelPeople: Steve Tracas

Travel Weekly editor in chief welcomed former GDS-airline-Orbitz-guy and current CEO of Vacation.com Steve Tracas to TravelPeople on Tuesday, Sept. 1 for a look at how his various perspectives on distribution...

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