LAS VEGAS -- Travelbyus, the Reno, Nev.-based travel industry roll
up that acquired 21 companies in the last year, acquired SiteRabbit.com, a
technology company based in San Diego. SiteRabbit's president, J.
Michael London, former president of Cruise Holidays International,
has joined Travelbyus as president of the new technology division.
TravelbyUs, owned by publicly traded Aviation Group, paid $10
million in Aviation Group stock for SiteRabbit. SiteRabbit, which
is developing a new TravelbyUs Web site that will include a booking
engine from ITA Software, will remain based in San Diego.
London said Travelbyus expects to have at least 70% of the 2,700
travel agencies affiliated with the company operating with new Web
sites and linked to the Travelbyus site by the first of the
year.
Travelbyus includes three consortia: International
Tours/Galaxsea, Bell Travel Systems and Cruise & Vacation
Shoppes.