Whenever a group of giant corporations control or collude on pricing in a sector, business or industry such as railroads, airlines, steel, computers, telecommunications, silver or the Internet, bad things will undoubtedly ensue. This is the reason for Anti-Trust laws in America. Inside the international, global scope of the Internet, regulating these cabals becomes much trickier. And on the web, there are few more tightly-knit online businesses than travel; early start-up businesses tended to cluster around this online transaction because the travel industry was an obvious early online landing zone to reduce costs and increase convenience to busy travelers through online shopping, pricing and booking.

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