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Attorney General Bill McCollum is wading into the legal battle between online travel giants like Orbitz and Expedia, and the growing ranks of disgruntled local governments claiming the companies are bilking them out of bed taxes. McCollum’s office filed...
Tags: Bill McCollum, Expedia, Orbitz, attorney general, general billing, billing mccollum, Florida, travel companies, hotel tax, hotel rooms
Organizers of the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics are suing a Winnipeg-based travel company in an effort to stop black-market ticket sales for the Games. Games organizers say Roadtrips is offering tours including tickets to the Games that they don't have...
Tags: olympic ticket, travel companies
Travel companies sued; tactics called deceptive Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott sued Austin and San Antonio travel companies, accusing them of using phony giveaways and other tactics to persuade customers to buy expensive software to find travel deals.
Tags: travel companies, texas attorney, Escapes Austin LLC, attorney general, Texas
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
Founding shareholders Geoff Moss and Barbara Catchpole have sold the business for an undisclosed sum. Launched in 1988, Chester-based Elegant Resorts sends holidaymakers to far-flung destinations such as private African game reserves and exclusive
Tags: Thomas Cook Group, Geoff Moss, cook buys, travel companies, luxury travel, buys luxury, Barbara Catchpole