... shift in a major industry in the countrys history, over 250,000 travel agents have lost their jobs over the past 5 years as the automated internet sites like Expedia eat their lunch.
The big guys see the disintegrating situation in the industry and smell blood. They see the direction the wave is heading and get there before everyone else.
Barry Diller, movie and TV mogul; bought Expedia, the number 1 on-line travel business for $5 Billion in 2001. He subsequently bought Hotels.com and Ticket Master.
Cendant Corporation, a giant conglomerate, bought Orbitz, another on-line travel agency, a couple of years later for $1.2 Billion.
Donald Trump just joined the fray with his own travel company, Go Trump.
Wal-Mart has also developed an on-line travel subsidiary.
Some of the new players are introducing their own variations on the theme.
American Express, the financial...more
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