In a move sure to shake up the online travel world, Google (GOOG) made good on its long-rumored plans to acquire travel powerhouse ITA Software. The potential for a sea change in the way people search ...

Look out, Kayak / Bing Travel -- you both are about to have your respective worlds rocked. While Google has managed to stay on top (or close to the top) when it comes to almost everything search ...

Even if you've never heard of Matrix by ITA software, you've certainly seen its magic at work. It powers both Google Flights as well as KAYAK, and is the tool travel agents have used for decades to ...

This is a bitter pill for the geeks at Google's ITA Software. They wanted to transform the back-end of the airline industry with a new kind of airline reservations system. Huge ambitions, but the ...

Despite being met with significant opposition in the travel search industry from companies that claimed buying ITA would give Google unfair power, the $700 million acquisition has cleared. Caroline ...

Google has a knack for making waves when it pushes into new arenas, and online travel is no exception. Six months ago, Google announced its intention to buy the company that made it easy for travelers ...

Google (GOOG) has finally received Justice Department approval for its long-pending deal to acquire flight information tracker ITA Software. The company last summer agreed to buy ITA for $700 million ...

PARSIPPANY, N.J. -- Galileo and ITA Software reached an agreement that brings the latter's fare and flight search technology -- the same engine used by Orbitz -- to Galileo's online customers, ...