| ONLINE TRAVEL | EUROPE Booking.com offers booking-engine for hotel websites The booking-engine requires no additional software or hardware investment by hotels. There is no set-up fee or annual charge, hotels pay Booking.com a low per-booking commission of 3 percent for bookings made through the Booking Button. more... ONLINE TRAVEL | AMERICAS OTAs aim to generate advertising revenue It's the height of summer vacation season, but online travel agencies are seeing a reduction in bookings thanks to the weak economy. According to The Washington Post, travel sites try to compensate this trend by generating advertising revenue from window-shoppers while not distracting bookers from actual transactions. more... ONLINE TRAVEL | AMERICAS TripHub.com closes doors TripHub Chief Executive Josh Herst - a former Microsoft and Expedia employee - informed customers that the company had to close a few days ago because revenue did not meet projections. more... ONLINE TRAVEL | AMERICAS Orbitz adds vacation rentals Orbitz is now offering roughly 30,000 fully furnished properties in North America, Central America and the Caribbean through a partnership with Zonder, a Salt Lake City-based vacation rental provider. Financial details of the partnership were not disclosed. more... ONLINE TRAVEL | ASIA-PACFIC Ctrip enters strategic partnership with Google China's largest online travel service provider Ctrip.com has signed a strategic partnership with Google China. The two companies plan to enhance search results on their sites respectively. more... INTERNET MARKETING | ADVERTISING Marketing moves to the blogosphere By know, most everybody in the industry has heard about Bill Marriott's blog. Yet, not many know that the Marriott blog has generated already more than $5 million in bookings, although it primarily serves as communication vehicle for Marriott with its customers and employees. more... | 
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