News on Online Travel Serviceshttp://www.aboutinvestingsafely.com/topic/Online Travel Services2010-03-04T01:00:33ZTravel Web sites win rollback of additional taxes2010-02-22T12:51:13ZReuters US Online Report Internet Newstag:www.aboutinvestingsafely.com,2010-02-22:/article/Travel%20Web%20sites%20win%20rollback%20of%20additional%20taxes&amp;lt;div&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;<a title="Los Angeles" href="/topic/Los+Angeles" >LOS ANGELES</a> (<a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" >Reuters</a>) - Online travel companies on Monday won the first of several pending legal battles to roll back tax assessments by <a title="California" href="/topic/California" >California</a> cities that claim they owe tens of millions of dollars in occupancy taxes.&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;<a title="Los Angeles County" href=...Choice Hotels to list properties on Expedia sites2010-02-24T06:20:50ZAP Newstag:www.aboutinvestingsafely.com,2010-02-24:/article/Choice%20Hotels%20to%20list%20properties%20on%20Expedia%20sites&amp;lt;div id="subtitle"&amp;gt;<a title="Choice Hotels International Inc." href="/topic/Choice+Hotels+International+Inc." >Choice Hotels International</a>'s properties to be listed on <a title="Expedia Inc." href="/topic/Expedia+Inc." >Expedia</a> sites worldwide&amp;lt;/div&amp;gt;&amp;lt;div&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;Choice Hotels International Inc. said Thursday it signed an agreement with online travel company Expedia Inc. to list its lodging properties on Expedia and <a title="Hotels.com LP...Average hotel room price drops 17 pct in 1H of '092010-02-25T07:29:44ZAP Newstag:www.aboutinvestingsafely.com,2010-02-25:/article/Average%20hotel%20room%20price%20drops%2017%20pct%20in%201H%20of%20%2709&amp;lt;div id="subtitle"&amp;gt;Average hotel room price drops 17 pct in first half of 2009, according to <a title="Hotels.com LP" href="/topic/Hotels.com+LP" >Hotels.com</a> Index&amp;lt;/div&amp;gt;&amp;lt;div&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;The average price of a hotel room worldwide dropped 17 percent in the first six months of 2009 over last year, according to a <a title="Hotels.com Hotel Price" href="/topic/Hotels.com+Hotel+Price" >Hotels.com Hotel Price</a> Index.&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;...J.D. Power survey finds online booking changing2010-03-01T05:37:09ZAP Featurestag:www.aboutinvestingsafely.com,2010-03-01:/article/J.D.%20Power%20survey%20finds%20online%20booking%20changing&amp;lt;div id="subtitle"&amp;gt;<a title="J.D. Power and Associates" href="/topic/J.D.+Power+and+Associates" >J.D. Power</a> survey finds online booking habits changing&amp;lt;/div&amp;gt;&amp;lt;div&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;The percentage of travelers making online airline, rental car and hotel reservations has increased 15 percentage points during the past year, according to a survey by J.D. Powers and Associates.&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;But bookings for independent travel Web sites ...Online booking fees appear to be up2010-03-04T01:00:33ZAP Featurestag:www.aboutinvestingsafely.com,2010-03-04:/article/Online%20booking%20fees%20appear%20to%20be%20up<p>&amp;lt;div id="subtitle"&amp;gt;Analyst Says Online Booking Fees Appear to Be Up; Predicts Gains for <a title="Expedia Inc." href="/topic/Expedia+Inc." >Expedia</a> and <a title="Orbitz Worldwide Inc." href="/topic/Orbitz+Worldwide+Inc." >Orbitz</a>&amp;lt;/div&amp;gt;&amp;lt;div&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;Higher booking fees at Expedia Inc. and Orbitz Worldwide Inc. may mean better margins for the online travel companies, according to one analyst.&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;<a title="Th...