BIG MONEY IN ONLINE TRAVEL BOOKING

Expedia’s total bookings, or the retail value of travel sold through its websites, reached $50.4 billion last year, and Orbitz had $12.4 billion. While Priceline hasn’t reported full-year gross bookings, it had $39.6 billion in bookings in the first nine months of 2014, compared with Expedia’s $39.1 billion.