Orbitz CEO tightens control of hotel business as CFO and supplier exec depart

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Orbitz Worldwide announced the resignations of its CFO and the president of its partner services group, and the global hotel business team will now report directly to CEO Barney Harford.

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Orbitz joins Expedia in feeling less Google fear

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Orbitz Worldwide CEO Barney Harford believes the online travel agency is better-positioned to counter the metasearch threat — from Google and Kayak — than Orbitz has been in a handful of years.

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Orbitz CEO plans to revolutionize hotel sort — holy Hadoop

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When you get Barney Harford going about his pet project, turning around Orbitz Worldwide, he talks so fast that he seems to forget that sentences have periods on the end for a reason.

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Glassdoor survey: Hotwire boss shines, Orbitz CEO ascends, ex-Travelocity chief lags

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The employees — some of them, at least — have spoken and Hotwire president Clem Bason heads the rankings among online travel agency, travel review site and global distribution system chieftans with an 89% approval rating in Glassdoor.com’s 2011 Travel Industry Report Card.

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Orbitz, Travelzoo CEOs take to the airwaves

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Do you want to know why Orbitz Worldwide has Netflix envy or why deal-meister Travelzoo shuns credit card deals?

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