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  • Booking in uncertain times (USA Today)
    What does the uncertainty about travel to the United Kingdom mean for those who've already booked hotels there on nonrefundable packages? Many tour operators and booking services are allowing customers to cancel or rebook without paying the usual fees. Priceline...


  • Portaga, Inc. Closes $5.8 Million Series A Financing (SYS-CON Media)
    Portaga, Inc. (www.portaga.com), a leaderin intelligent travel booking tools, today announced the closing of aSeries A round of equity financing totaling $5.8 million. The financingwas led by the Ascend Venture Group and included First Round Capital, CoveHarbor Partners and other investors. Proceeds from the financing will beused to accelerate Portaga's sales, marketing and development efforts.


  • Columbus, Dayton sue hotel booking sites (Dayton Business Journal)
    Columbus and Dayton are suing more than a dozen Internet booking companies, alleging they're owed tax revenue.


  • ROI: MyTravel Redesign increases online Booking Conversion by 20% (Usability News)
    Following major site redesign work, MyTravel, one of the UK's leading holiday and leisure groups, is reaping significant improvements in online sales.


  • Good news as IA hits a fare pocket (Yahoo! India News)
    More good news for air travellers. Indian Airlines (IA) has decided to follow Jet Airways's lead and extend its apex (advance purchase) fare scheme till March 31, 2003. But it's gone one step farther, lowering the period of advance booking from 21 to 15 days and offering reduced fares on eight additional sectors. Now, a one-way Delhi-Mumbai ticket will cost you just Rs 3,400, Delhi-Bangalore


  • Deerhoof, Vashti Bunyan, Erase Errata Play Halleluwah (Pitchfork)
    Drink your Sparky Vitamyn Water, kids, because there's another new festival on the block. (And by "the block" we mean Portland, Oregon.) Co-curators Mike McGonigal ( YETI magazine ) and Chantelle Hylton (Blackbird Booking) recently announced the lineup for Halleluwah , a music, art and film festival taking place in Portland, Oregon September 1 and 2.


  • SynXis And Hotel Booking Solutions Sign Agreement (Hospitality Net)
    ATLANTA, Georgia and SOUTHLAKE, Texas | SynXis the Sabre Holdings (NYSE:TSG) business that provides reservation management, distribution and technology services for hotels around the world, and Hotel Booking Solutions Incorporated, the provider of sophisticated Demand Management solutions to leading hotels and Internet travel companies, today announced an agreement that makes SynXis the first CRS