Would-be globe trotters find partners online
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LONDON, September 28 (Reuters Life!) - Itching to explore   the world but struggling to find friends with time to travel,   Ela Patel signed up to a companion-finding Web site and is now   packing for a trip to Argentina, just weeks after jetting off   to Vietnam.
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More group travelers â including people planning family reunions â are using the Web to arrange their plans.
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Online travel agencies are promoting their wares to international travelers as domestic travel slows.
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For men seeking true romance there is now a new mating game with an unusual twist -- it is virtual and mobile. A fantasy world in which lovesick men can wine and dine a virtual girlfriend
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Blog: Travel search site SideStep acquieres travel social network TripUp
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Could other potential suitors be entering the picture?
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America Online has partnered with and taken a minority investment in travel search player Kayak Software. The two will build an AOL-owned travel search site, to launch in early 2005, which will be powered by Kayak&#39;s technology.
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Google Inc. is best known for finding information online, but sometimes the Internet search leader also works behind the scenes to look for missing people like renowned aviator Steve Fossett.
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Newbie to the virtual world tries to find her way around the vast continent.
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What can an online booking site do for a notorious travel cheapskate that heâs already doing for himself?
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While Internet dating services such as Match.com and Yahoo Personals represent the largest category of paid content online, the thrill may be waning for the once-torrid market. Have the online matchmakers done their job too well?
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'The World's Largest Sheep Sex Personals Community' New Zealanders are flocking to an exciting new online initiative aimed at connecting sheep fanciers with their perfect date - AdultSheepFinder.com (NSFW).â¦
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Inside a midtown hotel, Larry Fischer is on his cell phone with a financial backer as his partner Ari Goldberger does quick research on a laptop computer. They are bidding furiously at this auction of Internet domain names, with hopes of snagging megayachts.com. The duo won't be deterred. They want this name.
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Top U.S. online matchmakers -- among  them popular eHarmony and Match.com -- are hoping to hook up  with Chinese partners to promote Web dating services, in an  effort to explore new profit streams in emerging markets.
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By Marylynne Pitz, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette  Feb. 7--While living in Oakmont, Colleen Sullivan recalls meeting a man  through an online dating service a few years ago.  "He looked nothing like the photo he sent," she said.
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After revolutionizing U.S travel  bookings, online agencies now have their eye on a lucrative,  but elusive part of the business market.
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By Scott Smith, The Record, Stockton, Calif. Jun. 10--A woman clicking open Robert Gay's online dating page might think the Lodi man is a dream date. He plays tennis, walks his dog, enjoys fine dining.