Expedia's Orbitz says 880,000 payment cards hit in breach
Orbitz, a subsidiary of online travel agency Expedia, has revealed hackers may have accessed personal information from about 880,000 payment cards.
Orbitz, a subsidiary of online travel agency Expedia, has revealed hackers may have accessed personal information from about 880,000 payment cards.
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After acquiring a competitor weeks ago and just announcing plans to buy another one, Expedia may look like the dominant player in online travel, but its CEO argues the deals are necessary to battle another rival: Google.
Cheaper air travel is making the world seem smaller -- and that's increasingly the case for the online booking market too, with Expedia planning to swallow up rival Orbitz Worldwide barely a month after buying the smaller Travelocity.
"Booking outside of programme means corporations lose visibility of where their travellers are staying, travel spend is harder to reconcile, and duty of care obligations are not met."
Hotel reservation site Booking.com has offered to settle antitrust cases brought against it in Sweden, France and Italy, and on Monday antitrust authorities invited hotels to give their views on the settlement.
TripaAdvisor, Expedia and Booking.com are under investigation by the Italian Competition Authority.