Hipmunk Displaces Orbitz as Yahoo Travel Provider
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Yahoo Travel opted to reach a deal with a search site, Hipmunk, which means in some cases users will have to navigate to Hipmunk and then navigate again to an online travel agency, airline or hotel site to complete their bookings. A little clunky, although Hipmunk also provides direct bookings on Hipmunk.com in some instances.
Coming just a week after Hipmunk announced a partnership with Yelp, Hipmunk reached a second distribution partnership, displacing the Orbtiz Worldwide-owned Travelocity Partner Network as the exclusive flight and hotel provider for Yahoo Travel.
When Yahoo Travel users search for a hotel on the desktop or mobile Web, they will see a notice during the search that "Yahoo and Hipmunk ha
