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The Expedia settlement means its hotel-tax practices are not one-size fits all. It has to pay the full taxes in places like Columbus, Georgia, and New York, but can avoid them in locales where it has beaten back lawsuits.

Voucher sales are facing a push-back, and this new Groupon partnership with Switchfly enables the voucher king to move a bit beyond them to get into more traditional sorts of travel sales.

The reaction has been muted, for most part, as industry players and analysts wait to see how the Priceline-Kayak deal plays out.

Anyone who counted Expedia out in its competition against Priceline might have under-estimated the potential of Expedia's hotel platform investments. Meanwhile, Priceline has a very talented management that it is steering it ahead as market conditions change.

The writer's scenario would be for power users, but it undoubtedly true that Expedia's addition of the pay at the hotel model will afford travelers more time to shop around.

Look at any Expedia hotel page and you'll see cues of how Expedia is copying Booking.com. But, now Expedia has something Booking.com doesn't: more choices with pay online now or pay at the hotel. This could be something.

Before sighing in exasperation at news of another travel startup, think back to last time you spent an hour searching the cheapest way to get from an airport to nearby city. Mozio’s utility gives it a shot at success, even if its ultimate goal seems a bit lofty.

We haven't seen the benefit plans for Expedia employees, but kudos to the company for making healthcare at headquarters more accessible.

Expedia-like sites play up their ability to provide consumers with the best rates and easiest booking process, but the back end of the travel industry reveals a system that suggests travelers have few distinct choices.

Expedia is a large cruise seller, and Florida is a logical place to give retail-cruise outlets a try.