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Then the attorney's costs and fees could be as high as 30 percent, said Attorney Ed Dion, representing the counties. "I think we have an obligation to the taxpayers to go after everything we are due," Commissioner Grover C.
Tags: Escambia County, Ed Dion, Florida, online travel, Pensacola, Expedia Inc., Grover C. Robinson IV, Hospitality Recreation, Open Travel Alliance, Orbitz
Attorney General Bill McCollum and Chief Financial Officer Alex Sink, rival candidates for governor, said Tuesday that online travel services are swiping sales taxes from the state. The two Cabinet officers also called for Florida lawmakers to tighten...
Tags: debt collectors, attorney general, Bill McCollum, Alex Sink, abusive debt, chief financial, Florida, online travel, travel services
Eastman Kodak Co. lost money for a fourth straight quarter and missed Wall Street expectations but struck a more-confident note Thursday that its photography and printing businesses are rebounding from their worst levels during the economic downturn.
Tags: quarter profits, Expedia Inc., Allergan Inc., profits rose, online travel, 3q profits
The Georgia Supreme Court gave Columbus a victory Monday in the city’s battle against online travel services that charge customers a higher retail rate for booking a hotel room and then pay the local government a lodging tax based on a cheaper, wholesale...
Travelocity.com, a unit of Sabre Holdings Corp., and Orbitz Worldwide Inc. plan to announce Monday that they will stop charging a fee when customers book airline tickets over the Internet. During March and April, several major online travel agencies eliminated...
Tags: book fees, online travel, travel agencies
A ruling by Georgia’s top court has revived a lawsuit filed by the city of Atlanta claiming it has been bilked out of “untold” millions in unpaid taxes by online travel companies. The Georgia Supreme Court’s 5-2 decision Monday throws out a decision...
Tags: Atlanta, Georgia Supreme Court, atlanta claims, online travel, court revives, occupancy tax
Expedia Inc. shares dropped on Thursday after a JPMorgan analyst downgraded its stock to a "Neutral" rating from "Overweight," citing an increased pricing wars between the online travel company and its rivals. More Business JPMorgan analyst Imran Khan...
The city alleged companies including Expedia, Hotels.com, Orbitz and Travelocity underpaid hotel taxes. The firms say city's formulas don't make sense in the cyber age. PM PST, February 17, 2009 The travel sites, however, maintain that cities like Anaheim...
Tags: Anaheim, hotel tax, online travel, travel sites
www.researchandmarkets.com/research/e5b5c9/selfservice_strat) has announced the addition of the "Self-Service Strategies in South Africa 2007" report to their offering. A report on the state of customer self-service in South Africa, its evolution into...
Tags: Europe, South Africa, online travel, travel agencies
Online travel companies are under legal assault throughout Georgia — and across the nation — as cities seek to recoup tax money they claim is rightfully theirs. The hotel and occupancy tax for Atlanta hotel and motel rooms, for example, is 7 percent.
Tags: travel companies, online travel, Atlanta