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 ...

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 ...

NEW YORK -- Expedia is buying rival online travel site Orbitz for approximately $1.33 billion, adding to the stable of brands it has snapped up recently in order to extend its reach and keep pace in ...

Hurricane season is back, and not just in the tropics. as business travel slumps with the economy, airlines are slashing fares to get more vacationers on board. One of the few industry bright spots is ...

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 ...

NEW YORK – The hotel industry is objecting to the acquisition of Orbitz by rival Expedia, saying the deal would lead to higher prices for vacationers and higher fees for hotel owners. “We believe this ...

A lawsuit the state and New Orleans have lodged against online travel agency giants Priceline, Orbitz, Expedia and Travelocity uses words like "disguise" and "camouflage" to complain about a scheme ...

In an unusual decision, a federal judge overturned the first jury trial verdict in a Helms-Burton lawsuit, which had awarded a Cuban-American Miami man $30 million in damages against each of the ...

WASHINGTON — When Congress held hearings last month on the proposed mergers of United Air Lines Inc. with US Airways Group Inc. and American Airlines Inc. with Trans World Airlines Inc., competitors ...

(AP) — Expedia is buying rival online travel site Orbitz for approximately $1.33 billion to extend its reach in the travel-booking industry. It’s Expedia’s second major deal in the past month as the ...