Given Expedia is represented by counsel, the purchase of ITA will no doubt be front and center. It has added online commerce offerings in local retail and restaurants, comparison shopping and travel, and folded them into its search engine...
Their fear was that the Google ITA deal would be anti-competitive and adversely affect the travel industry, and suggestions were even made that Google might be in a position to control prices for the consumer.
Federal Trade Commission antitrust investigation after the Justice Department completes its review of Google's acquisition of travel software developer ITA Software and determines whether to challenge or impose restrictions on the deal.
Federal Trade Commission antitrust investigation after the Justice Department completes its review of Google's acquisition of travel software developer ITA Software and determines whether to challenge or impose restrictions on the deal, Bloomberg...
Google ITA Acquisition Will Not Leave Kayak Paddling Upstream by Frank Watson Bing unveiled a nice little feature for searchers looking to travel. Kayak has partnered with Bing to help them with travel search results.
Krista Pappas, Bing's global travel industry director said "We're harnessing the industry leader [Kayak] as a partner that can manage the innovations in metasearch. Kayak co-founder and Chief Technology Officer, Paul English said he welcomes Google...
The acquisition of ITA has caused quite a stir in the travel industry and even spurred the creation of FairSearch.org. Although Google announced picking up travel company ITA for $700 million, that deal has been halted, at least tentatively.
U.S.asks about search fairness in Google/ITA - Reuters Bing Feature Update: Compare Travel Destinations & More - Bing Search Blog The Search Industry Designing an SEO Friendly URL Structure by Josh McCoy
Having worked for the law firm representing ITA - the travel software company Google is seeking to purchase - Christine Varney, the U.S. DOJ Antitrust Chief Recuses Herself From Google ITA discussions by Frank Watson
Companies working in the travel industry are claiming Google's purchase of ITA could cause problems for them - allowing Google to deal directly with the airlines when flight searches are done. Having worked for the law firm representing ITA - the...
Google and a group of online sales travel sites that oppose Google's ITA acquisition traded jabs via video this week. FairSearch.org released "Google Buys ITA - A Travel Story" with their side of the story, in layman's terms explaining why the...
Could Google Acquisition of ITA Kill Online Travel Sales Industry By Frank Watson Seems many of the larger online travel sales sites fear Google's purchase of ITA - the technology behind 65% of all carrier-direct online flight searches in the U.S...
Seems many of the larger online travel sales sites fear Google's purchase of ITA - the technology behind 65% of all carrier-direct online flight searches in the U.S.and have banded together to try and stop the sale, DailyFinance reported.
Founded in 1996 by a team of MIT computer scientists, ITA's technically advanced algorithms for organizing flight information have been hailed as a catalyst for change in the online travel industry. Microsoft's Bing search service, which competes...
