Online & Technology News

Gurgaon-based InterGlobe, a $1.5-billion group that operates Indigo Airlines, is in talks for acquiring Mumbai-based Kale Consultants, an information technology services and solutions provider for the travel industry.

Identifies five new source markets Japan, Scandinavia, China, Spain and South America.

Abacus connected travel agents can now expect to be able to offer bookable 'Flexible Chauffeur Drive', 'Fixed Price Airport Transfer' and 'Fast-tracked Meet and Assist' across the world, increasing their value-add to their customers.

The Technology and Online Travel Theatre at WTM is an exclusive platform for exhibitors to promote their products and services in 45 minute slots to technology and online travel buyers (member of WTM’s Meridian Club), other exhibitors and visitors.

JetBlue is selling 'All You Can Jet' pass for USD 699 that enables purchasers to travel wherever JetBlue flies between September 7 and October 6, 2010.

MakeMyTrip in association with the Tourism Ministry of Maldives is going to launch special charter flight packages from Mumbai to Gan, southern part of Maldives from October 2, 2010 to February 2011.

AirAsia X, Asia's leading long haul, low fare airline kicked off its X-traordinary low fare campaign to all its destinations (excluding Korea).

Travel Agents Association of India (TAAI) will launch its own E-distribution application titled System One next month in New Delhi followed with its launch in other major cities of India.

Travel firm Cox & Kings has filed a criminal case against online travel agency MakeMyTrip India, alleging that MakeMyTrip founder and CEO Deep Kalra and the company's assistant vice president Rajesh Dalal registered domain names similar to its subsidiary Ezeego1.com in 2007-08 and redirected users from those domain names to their portal MakeMyTrip.com.

MakeMyTrip's shares jumped over 90 per cent, hours after its listing on American stock exchange, NASDAQ on August 12, 2010.