Major online travel players Expedia, Kayak, Sabre and Fairlogix have banded together to oppose Google’s planned acquisition of ITA Software and ask the U.S. government to block it on the grounds that it will hurt competition and drive up prices.
The coalition, called FairSearch.org, argues that ITA Software’s air-travel flight-information products are used too broadly by online travel players and that letting Google control that technology will give it an unfair advantage over its rivals.
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