The Central Bank last year paid hotels.com more than €540,000 in fees for its travelling staff.

Litecoin, Ripple, Ethereum, Ethereum Classic and Dash. They sound like a virtual reality version of Santa’s reindeer. 

Some 235,000 documents and emails have been examined as part of an ongoing probe into anti-competitive ticket event pricing, the body responsible for the inquiry has said.

American firms dominate a list of companies which workers would recommend to a friend, with Facebook rated the best, new research shows.

Energy companies led US stocks to modest gains on Wednesday as the market recouped some of its hefty losses from the day before.

Uber is to appoint Expedia’s Dara Khosrowshahi as chief executive of the global ride-hailing leviathan, writes Eric Newcomer 

Irish customers were among those who had data stolen by hackers on one of the world’s most popular hotel booking sites, Hotels.com, the company has confirmed.

Mr Hackett has worked in the travel industry for 30 years and learned the trade in Aer Lingus Holidays, Budget Travel and JWT.

Chelsea Clinton has said she does not have her sights set on running for public office

Chelsea Clinton is joining the board of directors of online travel booking site Expedia.

Donald Trump has hit back after a judge temporarily blocked his travel ban on people from seven predominantly Muslim countries.

A Cork company lauded for some of the most imaginative software development in the world has two more lifesaving apps in the works that could transform individual sea safety and responses to cardiac events.

Google faces a new antitrust attack from EU regulators who allege the search engine skews results in its own favour and unfairly restricts rival online advertising platforms.

Hotels here will be able to offer cheaper room rates after the consumer watchdog forced Booking.com to change its policies.

Google is back under US antitrust scrutiny as officials ask whether the tech giant stifled competitors’ access to its Android mobile-operating system, said two people familiar with the matter.

A Spanish mobile booking company with two Irishmen at the helm has been accepted into one of the most prestigious accelerator programmes in the US, just months after landing a major new investment.

Expedia is buying rival online travel site Orbitz for approximately US $1.33 billion.

EU lawmakers have overwhelmingly backed a motion urging antitrust regulators to get tough on Google and other search engines and consider breaking them up.

Irish workers get five fewer holiday days than their European counterparts, according to a new survey.

In the search for top online ratings, tourists and the industry have reason to cheer,say Carlo Ratti and Matthew Claudel

The Irish-owned Lalco Hotel Group has made its third property acquisition in conjunction with US billionaire businessman, John Malone, via the purchase of Dublin’s five-star Westin Hotel.

The Irish are the best holiday deal-hunters in Europe.

Google is not immune to setbacks caused by the global shift to mobile computing.

Dublin, Galway and Cork are the top three destinations for foreign tourists this Paddy's weekend.

As comebacks go, this one was a couple of days in the making.

Views on just what good-value hotel deals online bookers are getting are being sought by fair trading chiefs in the UK.

International travel website Expedia has ranked The Lake Hotel in Killarney number 50 on its ‘Global Insiders’ Select List’ for 2013.

A mixed batch of earnings results gave investors little direction yesterday as traders began looking ahead to a packed schedule next week.

CHAMPIONSHIP PLAY-OFF:

The operator of Holiday Inn and Crowne Plaza hotels deflected attention away from a probe by regulators as it announced a big pay-out for shareholders.

The world’s largest online travel company Expedia has unveiled plans to spin off its TripAdvisor brand.

ALMOST half of Irish holidaymakers organise their own travel and accommodation, but they are rarely covered if anything goes wrong.

LOW-FARES airline Ryanair yesterday struck a deal allowing passengers buying flights to also book rooms in 20,000 hotels across Europe.

Ryanair, has named Expedia Private Label as the exclusive partner to provide hotel accommodation for its passengers on www.ryanair.com.

The owner of the Avis car rental business today emerged as the front-runner in the race to land online travel company ebookers.

The FTSE 100 Index closed at a new 28-month high today after heavyweight energy and mining stocks surged on the back of record oil prices.

The owner of online travel business Expedia today quashed speculation that it was about to make a move for UK-based rival ebookers.

Bosses of online travel agency ebookers revealed today that they are in talks to sell the company.

A new airline was operating its first services between London and the Middle East today.

Chairman of web travel giant Lastminute.com, Allan Leighton, has said the online travel retailer would continue its acquisition spree as it announced reduced losses in the first quarter.

Investors left stocks in limbo today, making few commitments while they awaited Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan’s testimony before Congress later this week.

Irish tourists are the second worst in the world, according to a survey conducted in 17 popular tourist destinations.

Microsoft Corp said the sale of its stake in Expedia Inc to USA Networks Inc has been delayed as a result of the television company's deal with Vivendi Universal.

A jetliner crash in New York today gave Wall Street a sharp reminder that more terrorist attacks are possible and prompted shaken investors to refrain from any major moves.