Travelport recently released revision 4 of its e-Pricing airline shopping and faring tool and President and CEO Jeff Clarke says e-Pricing will continue to compete with ITA Software’s QPX solution despite Google’s pending acquisition of the Cambridge, Mass., company.
Clarke of Travelport on Google-ITA Software, IPO, airline contracts
Orbitz Worldwide posts profit, but like Expedia, can’t keep pace with Priceline hotel growth
Orbitz Worldwide posted a profit in the second quarter and its gross bookings rose 21%, but like Expedia Inc., Orbitz didn’t keep pace with Priceline in growth of hotel room nights booked.
TravelPost drops Travel Discussions in favor of Connections with Facebook integration
Suddenly Questions are all the rage and TravelPost launched Connections, a feature one offiicial dubs, “the most superior Questions and Answer offering in Travel.”
AgentWare partners with SilverRail to add rail to distribution mix
AgentWare teamed with SilverRail Technologies to begin offering rail-supplier inventory from the U.S. and Europe.
Travelport agencies to sell United ancillary services, Economy Plus seating

Travelport and United Airlines extended their content agreement two years, and as part of the pact travel agencies hooked up to the Apollo, Galileo and Worldspan global distribution systems should be able to offer the airline’s Economy Plus seating later this year.
LAN Airlines taps Orbitz Worldwide over Expedia for private label solution

LAN Airlines, which has existing hotel relationships with Expedia Inc.’s hotels.com and Travelport’s Octopus Travel, selected Orbitz Worldwide’s private-label solution for dynamic packages.










