Five hotel chains are forming their own system for booking hotel rooms over the Web. But the group has a ways to go if it's going to challenge existing big guns like Expedia. Greg Sandoval covers ...

Accor will replace its legacy in-house platform with Amadeus's newest central reservation system over the next few years. The goal is to help reduce the hotel giant's reliance on costly online travel ...

Two new Internet distribution systems offering discounted hotel rooms on the Web are meeting resistance from business travel buyers because neither Web solution intends to credit reservations toward ...

As hotel distribution grows more open and decentralized, infrastructure will define the winners. Nuitée is for hotel distribution what AWS is for computing or Stripe is for payments, helping hotels ...

The American Society of Travel Agents says the collaboration online by the top hotel chains raises antitrust concerns, though an analyst says the judgment is premature. Greg Sandoval covers media and ...

NEW YORK -- The prospect that USA Interactive (USAI) chief executive Barry Diller will deliver on his desire to take 100% control of Expedia and Hotels.com is leading to restless nights in the lodging ...

Taking a page out of Orbitz's playbook, five hotel chains announced Monday that they are banding together to form their own distribution system for booking hotel rooms over the Web. Hilton Hospitality ...