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Article: Region a strong player in travel websites
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- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- September 20, 2009
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Book a cruise to Bermuda, research the top hotels in Sydney, or
hunt for the lowest fare for a trip to Vancouver, and the odds are
good you'll be interacting with a Boston-area Internet travel
company. The area's online travel cluster has grown slowly - and
quietly - since the mid-1990s.
But that under-the-radar profile seems like it's about to change.
Kayak.com, which operates a popular price comparison service, is
talking to investment bankers about the possibility of an initial
public offering, and plans to spend $50 million on a splashy new
offline marketing campaign later this year. ITA Software Inc. -
which supplies the computing engine that powers many travel sites
like Orbitz - ...