American Airlines’ bitter dispute with online retailers has deepened after its talks with one of its distributors Sabre Holdings collapsed, with the two sides now exchanging lawsuits. Separately, the airline has also lost a court ruling, which has declared it must sell its flights on Orbitz.

Enterprise Holdings, which owns and operates the largest fleet of rental cars in the world under the Alamo Rent A Car, National Car Rental, and Enterprise Rent-A-Car brands, today announced it will end its relationship with Orbitz.com

Orbitz for Business has signed a new partnership with GlobalStar Travel Management, a provider of global travel management solutions, to extend Orbitz for Business capabilities into 75 new countries across Europe, Latin America, Africa, Asia (including China and India) and the Pacific Rim. 

American Airlines has won a legal battle to remove its flights from price comparison website Orbitz – sparking debate over the future of third-party travel sites. American has frequently stated travellers should deal directly with the airline, rather than employing third party sites, in order to reduce costs and gain a more tailored experience.

Online travel companies including Expedia have won the first of several pending legal battles to roll back tax assessments by California cities that claim they owe tens of millions of dollars in occupancy taxes.

Expedia has made a significant change to its service policy, eliminating all phone-based booking fees and the company will not charge phone booking fees for any flight, car rental, hotel or cruise reservation booked by phone in the US.