New search engines post-Orbitz

摘要

Orbitz, which when it was set up in 1999, threatened to revolutionise booking and ticketing systems on both full service and low cost carriers, has now been absorbed by the travel and property conglomerate, Cendant. On September 29, Cendant Corp. agreed to pay $1.25bn for Orbitz in a deal that is likely to close before the year-end. Cendant has also taken over the long-term contracts that Orbitz had in place with Worldspan, which was the GDS that Orbitz used, and with airlines regarding direct connections and commission payments.