Houston to gain first direct flight to Rome as ITA Airways adds new route starting in May 2026

Mayor John Whitmire on Tuesday announced the city’s first direct air service to Rome, calling the new ITA Airways route a ...
InfoWorld

Google buys ITA for $700M to boost travel search

Travel information searches, which make up a significant portion of Google queries, is one of the hardest search problems and ripe for innovation Google has reached an agreement to buy ITA Software, a ...

Houston airport confirms major new airline, route on the way

Houston is getting a new airline—and its first nonstop flight to Rome. After posting a mysterious social media teaser about ...
St. Louis Post-Dispatch

If Google dominates online travel, consumers will suffer

If you haven't Googled a flight itinerary recently, you should try it. Google's Flight Search, the fledgling search engine that lets you find a ticket and book it directly through an airline, is ...
St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Google Flight Search rolls out slowly, is set to grow

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. When Brittany Laughlin needed to fly from Chicago to San Francisco recently, she tried something new. Instead of visiting an ...
Computerworld

Google buys ITA for $700M

Google has reached an agreement to buy ITA Software, a maker of air-travel flight-information software whose customers include major airlines and online travel agencies. Google will pay US$700 million ...
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Google Expands AI-Powered Flight Deals Globally

Google announced on Monday the global expansion of its AI-powered search tool, Flight Deals, which the company has been ...