Hipmunk opts for Amadeus to take agony out of international flight searches

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Hipmunk wants to take its so-called agony-relieving flight search service to markets beyond the US, so has opted for Amadeus to help it out.

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Hipmunk adds $15M to its coffers with new funding round

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More funding news for travel startups with US-based air and hotel search service Hipmunk capturing a new round of financing to the tune of $15 million from Institutional Investment Partners.

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Fly.com: Google Flight Search is struggling, lagging and lacking

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Warren Chang, general manager of Fly.com, wonders about all the fuss regarding Google Flight Search.

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Google Flight Search adds global routes and first online travel agency links

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Six months after its initial beta launch, Google Flight Search has added dozens of global airlines and international flights to more than 500 airports.

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Google Flight Search still domestic but ITA Software expands in Turkey and Japan

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Google Flight Search does not yet support international flight search, but that hasn’t stopped ITA Software, which is owned by Google, from striking a couple of new international deals.

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Kayak IPO: Google-ITA Software acquisition still looms large

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It’s been eight months since Kayak filed its registration statement for an IPO and there have been five amendments in the interim, but Kayak has yet to become a public company.

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Orbitz to move some searches from ITA Software to Travelport

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Orbitz Worldwide revealed several months ago that it renewed its contract with ITA Software for airfare searches, but what wasn’t known until today is that OWW’s U.S. sites will begin migrating a percentage of bookings to Travelport’s rival e-Pricing solution before the end of 2011.

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Google Consumer Flight Search Service: Google and ITA Software free to develop exclusive products

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The proposed settlement in the Google-ITA Software deal requires the parties to negotiate new contracts and renewals for ITA’s QPX and looming InstaSearch customers, but Google and ITA are free to develop exclusive products without having to pass them along to clients.

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No worries — Orbitz renews ITA Software agreement through 2015

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Orbitz Worldwide, which was ITA Software’s first customer, renewed an agreement to use ITA’s airfare search product on Orbitz.com and sister site CheapTickets.com through 2015.

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Travelport pays Orbitz to shun direct-connects from American Airlines and other carriers

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Travelport is using its financial muscle to ensure that Orbitz Worldwide does not establish a direct-connect with American Airlines — or any other airline.

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