Ticketmaster and Expedia (news - web sites).com announced a deal Tuesday to create a new site that will combine the entertainment listings of Ticketmaster's Citysearch site with Expedia's travel-booking tool.
The companies said the partnership will provide Citysearch's new Getaways Channel with Expedia's booking tool, and Citysearch's local entertainment listings and ticketing capabilities will be added to the Expedia site.
The deal marks the first significant collaboration between the two companies, owned by USA Interactive. More such deals could be in the works as USA Interactive moves to streamline its operations. On Monday, the company announced a renewed e-commerce push and a possible realigning of its operations with a bid to buy the shares it doesn't already own of its Expedia, Ticketmaster and Hotels.com subsidiaries.
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