Articles tagged “getaroom”

News Blog

T-Mobile Launches Travel Portal in Partnership With Priceline

T-Mobile is getting heavier into travel with the debut of a discount travel website in partnership with Priceline. The U.S.-based telecom services provider also announced Thursday it is offering free Wi-Fi on certain Delta, American and Alaska airlines flights for T-Mobile customers, and will be expanding its free Wi-Fi services to 210 countries and destinations…

Dennis Schaal | 2 years ago

Online Travel

Booking Holdings Looks to Pull Away from Airbnb on Profit Margins

As part of its "connected trip" and loyalty strategy, Booking Holdings argued it can convince hotels and other partners to offer up substantial discounts and perks, and this would spur incremental bookings. But do hotels really want to be a cog in building the Booking.com brand?

Dennis Schaal | 2 years ago

Booking Holdings Looks to Pull Away from Airbnb on Profit Margins

Mergers and Acquisitions

Vacasa Paid $619 Million for TurnKey Vacation Rentals in Mostly Stock

Riding the hot vacation rental market, TurnKey Vacation Rentals did well for its investors — especially if the Vacasa stock price holds up in its pending public market debut.

Dennis Schaal | 2 years ago

Vacasa Paid $619 Million for TurnKey Vacation Rentals in Mostly Stock

Online Travel

Skiplagged Plays Whac-A-Mole With Southwest Flights

As the saying goes, you can run but you can't hide. Skiplagged may be marketing Southwest flights for now and helping flyers book them, but this practice doesn't have a bright future.

Dennis Schaal | 2 years ago

Skiplagged Plays Whac-A-Mole With Southwest Flights

Online Travel

Amazon Ads Wants to Help Travel Outfits by Sharing Its Customers’ Buying Habits

It's not just all about Amazon Web Services anymore when Amazon reaches out to travel industry customers. It is still early days but Amazon Ads may one day crimp travel brands' spending on Google and Facebook.

Dennis Schaal | 2 years ago

Amazon Ads Wants to Help Travel Outfits by Sharing Its Customers’ Buying Habits

Online Travel

Booking Holdings Buys Getaroom for $1.2 Billion to Expand Partnerships

Booking Holdings hasn't given adequate focus to its partnerships business in the past, ceding much ground to Expedia Group on that front. Acquiring hotel distributor Getaroom will give potential affiliates another reason to sign up.

Dennis Schaal | 2 years ago

Booking Holdings Buys Getaroom for $1.2 Billion to Expand Partnerships

Online Travel

Travel-Hungry SPAC Altitude in Talks to Take SoftBank-Backed Car Sharer Getaround Public

Altitude is a SPAC, or special purpose acquisition company, led by Gary Teplis, the CEO of corporate travel agency Teplis Travel. If Reuters' report is true, Altitude might take Getaround, a carsharing service, public in a multi-billion-dollar deal.

Krystal Hu, Reuters | 3 years ago

Travel-Hungry SPAC Altitude in Talks to Take SoftBank-Backed Car Sharer Getaround Public

Online Travel

Online Travel’s Localization Quandary

Traveloka knows how to go local in Indonesia and some other countries in the region, and that's one element of its traction in these markets. But can local ever be too local when online travel agencies mull international expansion?

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 3 years ago

Online Travel’s Localization Quandary

Hotels

Don’t Call Us Oyo: Online Travel Veterans Launch Hotel Distribution Network With Distinct Model

Oyo made headlines for offering hotels a minimum revenue guarantee in exchange for taking control of hotel operations. Bob Diener and David Litman are doing it with a twist — trying to drive demand to select hotels to steal business from their peers in exchange for hefty margins on each sale.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 3 years ago

Online Travel

Getaroom Sold to Private Equity Firm Court Square Capital Partners

Did Hotels.com co-founders Bob Diener and Dave Litman do it again with Getaroom? Certainly not on the same scale, but Court Square's acquisition of Getaroom looks like a winner for the duo, who self-funded their latest venture in travel.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 6 years ago