Orbitz.com, the flagship brand of Orbitz Worldwide in the United States, and its affiliated online travel brand ebookers.com in the United Kingdom, announced that they have signed a multi-year deal with Microsoft to serve as the online travel agency for MSN.com’s travel portal in the United States and United Kingdom, respectively.

Guests staying at a Motel 6 or Studio 6 property in the U.S. will only have to pay $2.99 for 24-hours worth of Wi-Fi access, Accor North America, which operates the two brands, announced Wednesday. Wi-Fi installation has been completed at over 800 Motel 6 and Studio 6 properties.

Webjet said the partnership brought together Webjet’s access to over 50,000 hotels with eBay’s customer databases –which totals over five million members in Australia.

As a completely web-based South and Central American luxury travel company, Intelligent Leisure Solutions and the Discover Travel Group have chosen to innovatively reach clients all over the world at a fraction of the cost with their .travel portals: http://www.discover.travel/, http://www.discovercentralamerica.travel/, and http://www.discoversouthamerica.travel/.

Corporate travel management consultancy, FCm Travel Solutions Greater China, has introduced a new ‘executive leisure’ service that offers specialized and high-end leisure travel management services for busy executives and VIPs.

Travelport GDS announced details of enhanced and exclusive booking capabilities for Southwest Airlines to U.S. and Canadian customers using the Apollo system. The automatic return of Southwest ticket numbers and the ability to input Rapid Rewards frequent flyer numbers are exclusive enhancements for Apollo system subscribers in the United States and Canada.