1.   An interim report Thursday by the Transportation Department sparked a public relations battle between online travel reservation company Orbitz and its rivals.

2.   And soon, she added, online travel sites that sell seats on commercial planes are expected to offer charter options.

3.   And the firm has done four deals in Latin American, including Submarino.com, an Amazon-like site, and Viajo.com, an online travel site.

4.   Another finding suggests that travel agents and online travel companies alike need to think harder about how to provide information that is considered credible and free of promotional hype.

5.   At least one online travel site, Travelocity, has been able to avoid hiding flight times and airline names, yet still offer discounted seats.

6.   Additionally, they will allow Orbitz to sell any fares that they offer to any other online travel business.

7.   After a fitful start, the online travel marketplace is finding firm footing as people become adept at using the Internet and as personal computers achieve greater household penetration.

8.   After watching the information flow in various online travel forums and discussion groups for a couple of weeks, eventually a user will become comfortable posting questions and comments.

9.   But I sometimes use e-tickets, booking bargain fares through one of the online travel sites.

10.   But in USA Networks, Diller also pieced together an interactive-media portfolio that includes Ticketmaster, the Home Shopping Network and the Expedia online travel reservation system.