Away.com Unveils Enhanced Website Making It Easier for Travelers to Plan a Vacation Based on Lifesty

CHICAGO and WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/—Away.com, a leading travel planning website and brand of Orbitz Worldwide (NYSE:OWW), today unveiled its newly enhanced website.  The site now provides comprehensive trip planning tools, more robust content and easier search navigation - making it simpler for travelers to research and plan a trip… [Read More]

Last Minute Travel Made Faster, Easier

ORLANDO, Fla., Oct. 27 /PRNewswire/—Enhanced capabilities from the web’s premier site for late-breaking travel deals accelerate and simplify the search for hotel deals, flights, cruises, and vacation packages from LastMinuteTravel.com and its LastMinuteTravel Club ( http://www.LMTClub.com ). This adds to the websites’ already speedy search processes, which feature the world’s… [Read More]

Ctrip.com International, Ltd. to Report Third Quarter 2008 Financial Results on November 17, 2008 US

SHANGHAI, China, Oct. 27 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/—Ctrip.com International, Ltd. (NASDAQ:CTRP), a leading travel service provider of hotel accommodations, airline tickets and packaged tours in China, will announce its third quarter 2008 results on Monday, November 17, 2008, US Time, after the market closes. Ctrip’s management team will host a conference call at… [Read More]

Expedia, Inc. Enters Into Agreement to Acquire Europe-Based Venere.com

SEATTLE and ROME, July 15 2008 - Expedia, Inc. (NASDAQ:EXPE) today announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire Italy-based Venere Net ApA (http://www.venere.com/) from Advent International and the founding partners. Venere.com has established relationships with approximately 29,000 hotels and bed and breakfast properties throughout Europe and the… [Read More]

Trenitalia to Offer Online Hotel Reservations with Venere.com

13 June 2008 - ROME - Venere.com – the world’s largest independent hotel reservations website - and Trenitalia - the Italian Railway Transport Company (FS Group) - have launched a co-branded service where Trenitalia visitors can book their accommodation on a co-branded website with direct access from the FS’s and… [Read More]

Expedia Strengthens Presence in Asia Pacific Region With New Executive Appointment

HONG KONG and BELLEVUE, Wash.,—Expedia, Inc. , the world’s leading online travel company, has announced the appointment of Cyril Ranque to vice president, Expedia, Inc. Partner Services Group (PSG), Asia Pacific. This move signals the growing presence of Expedia(R) in the Asia Pacific Region (APAC) and builds on the company’s… [Read More]

Expedia® Corporate Travel to Launch Full-Service Travel Offering in Spain

Expedia® Corporate Travel (ECT), a full-service travel management company, today announced plans to launch service in Spain. Companies doing business in Spain will have access to fully localized service, content, language support and Web site providing a suite of online booking and travel management tools in Spanish. ECT will provide… [Read More]