Starting in the late nineties with Travelocity’s acquisition of Preview and reaching a peak in the mid naughties with the Expedia/Hotels.com merger, Lastminute.com acquisition by Travelocity and the Orbitz/Ebookers/HotelClub acquisitions by Cendant.

Big dollar deals covering America and Europe. As we enter the third decade of the online travel I strongly suspect we are seeing the rise of Asian firms as acquisition targets and as potential acquirers.

Read the full story at http://www.tnooz.com/2010/07/19/news/keep-an-eye-on-asia-for-next-wave-of-major-online-travel-consolidation/