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Google Travel Rumor On The Road

Google is still advertising for vertical market account executives and strategists in Chicago, but the travel position has triggered the "Google enters travel sector" talk.

Gay Community Embraces Online Travel

Gays and lesbians are more likely than heterosexuals to make travel arrangements online, according to a new poll by Harris Interactive. What's more, the gay community is several times more likely to cite fair treatment in their top three most important considerations for choosing hotels.

ESPN, Orbitz Team On Sports Travel

The worldwide sports leader and the online travel site have a website in development that will literally make it easier to follow a favorite team around during the season.

Luxury Travelers Love Online

Just received a whole host of interesting stats from a study by Yahoo Search Marketing.

MSN Travel Embarks Again

The newly relaunched travel portal from MSN will be available as a beta version as the portal tests out a similar look-and-feel to Windows Live and several new content providers.

Still No One-Stop Travel Search

Though travel bookings remain the largest component of e-commerce, generating over of third of the $145 billion US online market, no single travel search engine (TSE) has emerged as the best one-stop shop for finding the best rates on airfare, hotels, or car rentals, says Consumer Reports WebWatch. The bottom line is, says WebWatch, you'd better shop around.

Christmas Tips, courtesy of the Shoposphere...Yahoo!

Ladies and gentlemen, children of all ages... We are proud to welcome you to the one, the only, the uniquely meglomartical Yahoo Shoposphere!

Online Travel Industry Hits $104 Billion By 2010

JupiterResearch did some digging in the metrics for the online travel market in the U.S. and came up with some big numbers in the coming years. Their report entitled, "U.S. Travel Forecast, 2005 to 2010," predicts $68 billion by the end of 2005 and $104 billion by 2010.

MSN Travel Is Frightful

Not to be outdone by Google and Yahoo!'s new travel and map offerings, MSN has extensive Halloween coverage of all things spooky in America (no, Dick Cheney isn't on the list), whether you want to visit these "spiritually gifted" places in person or virtually.

Trippin With Google And Yahoo!

Google and Yahoo! have added some new search features for travelers. Both companies have their own style-Google with its typically minimalist functionality and Yahoo! with its "come in and stay a while" style.