More proof of the travel industry’s continued recovery is in: U.S.-based travel agencies set a record in air ticket sales in 2024, according to the latest data from Airlines Reporting Corp. (ARC). In ...

Enthusiasm for travel shows no signs of slowing down over the coming years and booking travel via online travel agencies (OTAs) is quickly becoming the dominate channel for consumers when making ...

Online travel agents are to analog travel agents what Amazon is to department stores: you can get similar stuff, but the former leverages technology to scale up. Expedia and Booking.com are what’s ...

OTAs are posting record revenues, and the top four still dominate. But they face a major shift if AI platforms bypass them altogether. After a sharp post-pandemic rebound, the global online travel ...

Dec 23 (Reuters) - Dutch technology investor Prosus NV (PRX.AS), opens new tab said on Monday it would buy Latin America-focused online travel agency Despegar.com Corp for about $1.7 billion in cash, ...

Online travel agents have their uses. I mostly use them to get cheaper long-haul air fares than the airlines sell themselves for an identical journey. This is an odd facet of the aviation industry: ...