Tech Shift: Competition is shrinking for online travel booking sites

Tech Shift: Competition is shrinking for online travel booking sites

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The big four online travel agencies have now become two, with today’s announcement that Expedia plans to buy Chicago-based Orbitz. Last month, Expedia said it planned to buy Travelocity. We turn to Skift, a travel information news site, to see what this says about online travel bookings. Skift’s news editor, Dennis Schaal, joins us.