BELLEVUE, WA -- Expedia is buying rival online travel site Orbitz for approximately $1.33 billion. The deal comes less than a month after Expedia announced the $280 million acquisition of another ...

"Online agencies like Orbitz profit by aggregating airfares. But when they misrepresent those airfares, they should own the fallout." ...

WASHINGTON — Expedia on Thursday won approval from antitrust officials to acquire rival Orbitz, a $1.3 billion deal that some consumer advocates and hotel associations feared would lead to higher ...

Shares of Bellevue-based Expedia Inc. fell 6 percent yesterday after rival online travel Web site Orbitz Inc. filed to raise as much as $125 million through an initial public offering. The IPO filing ...

The hotel industry is objecting the proposed combination of travel booking sites Expedia and Orbitz, saying that the deal would mean higher prices for vacationers and larger fees for hotel owners. The ...

Patrick Bruce booked flights through Orbitz with “free” checked bags, only to learn that the airline’s ticket includes no ...

NEW YORK | A wave of deals in the online travel industry has increasingly put some familiar names under two corporate umbrellas: Expedia and Priceline.

The Expedia homepage and logo. The online-travel booking service has agreed to acquire Orbitz Worldwide for about $1.34 billion in cash, adding brands such as CheapTickets and ebookers to take on ...