VRX Studios Inc. signed a three-year licensing agreement to provide 360-degree virtual hotel tours, still images, and interactive maps to Expedia, Inc. for its global points of sale, including Expedia and hotels.com. VRX is delivering the content to Expedia under its new distribution program, Athena.

Sabre Travel Network has launched a new ‘virtual’ payment solution for car rentals, enabling agencies to make reservations for their corporate customers using an e-voucher as the form of payment.

Flybe announced it has implemented a further three new Interline e-ticket partnerships, namely with Korean Air, US Airways and Singapore Airlines. Unique in the low cost environment, this move brings the total of Flybe’s Interline e-ticket partners to 11, now including an impressive list of names that also includes American Airlines, British Airways, bmi, Brussels Airlines, Emirates, Northwest, TAP and Virgin Atlantic.

Sheraton Hotels & Resorts and Microsoft Corp. announced a partnership to implement products and services at the “Link @ Sheraton,” its signature communications hub rolling out in Sheraton lobbies this year.

Booking.com is joining forces with Onbeach.com, a new web site with information about thousands of beaches in Europe and the Caribbean. Onbeach.com offers visitors the possibility to find their perfect beach. Thanks to the cooperation with Booking.com visitors can immediately look at and book the hotels in the vicinity as the company said.

Tralliance Corporation and EXPOTUR announced a partnership with the launch of EXPOTUR.TRAVEL. As the first major travel and tourism event to be officially named .travel, EXPOTUR and Tralliance Corporation formally addressed the travel and tourism community in San Jose, Costa Rica.