51.  These were quick off the mark and sell about the same percentage of online travel as the airlines do.

52.  Those restrictions are bound to affect online travel companies, big issuers of e-tickets, many of whose stocks plummeted Monday.

53.  To compete, AAA has continued to expand well beyond its core roadside service, offering banking, mortgages, online travel reservations and much more.

54.  To airlines and online travel companies, such worries are unfounded.

55.  Tom Parsons, editor of Bestfares.com, an online travel service, also faulted the airlines.

56.  Travelocity has remained a leader in online travel, but it has come under fierce pressure from competitors Expedia and Orbitz.

57.  To be sure, not every online travel company is prospering.

58.  Travelers are increasingly benefiting from lower fares and investors in Internet stocks are finding online travel companies to be among the few winners.

59.  Travelocity continues to increase revenues and attract new customers, compared with other online travel sites like Expedia.com, Weinstein said.

60.  Travel agents can barely conceal their contempt for online travel sites, which continue to swipe more of their sales.