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Articles tagged “otas”

Online Travel

Google and Booking Face European Objections Over Competition

Google faces a tougher hill to climb than Booking, although the European Commission's statement of objections puts Booking's Etraveli acquisition in doubt.

Dennis Schaal | 10 months ago

Google and Booking Face European Objections Over Competition

Online Travel

Hopper’s Disruption of the Legacy Travel Industry: New Skift Research

Hopper is the new kid on the block. Except it's not. Founded in 2007, it spent a decade building a huge database of flight information before selling its first flight booking in 2016. The time it spent on its cutting edge price prediction capabilities have paid dividends, leading to the launch of a suite of fintech products which have been fundamental in Hopper's disruption of the legacy OTAs.

Pranavi Agarwal | 11 months ago

Hopper’s Disruption of the Legacy Travel Industry: New Skift Research

Online Travel

Trivago and Tripadvisor Metasearch Lag Online Travel Agency Pandemic Recovery

Some metasearch sites have lost a bit of marketing appeal for advertisers. More brand marketing and Google are likely among the factors behind the trend.

Dennis Schaal | 1 year ago

Trivago and Tripadvisor Metasearch Lag Online Travel Agency Pandemic Recovery

Online Travel

The Era of Radical Innovation in Travel Booking Has Arrived

For years, we at Skift have talked about messaging & voice search being two potential new interfaces that help change travel booking, but not much has happened. Conversational AI is very likely going to change that.

Rafat Ali | 1 year ago

The Era of Radical Innovation in Travel Booking Has Arrived

Business Travel

Booking.com Partner Serko Gets Lift From Business Travel Recovery

Serko is reaping the rewards from a deal signed with the online agency just weeks before the pandemic hit, and now with “unmanaged travel” returning, the outlook has improved considerably.

Matthew Parsons | 1 year ago

Booking.com Partner Serko Gets Lift From Business Travel Recovery

News Blog

India’s EaseMyTrip Advances Fintech Model by Paying Interest on Vacation Deposits

Evolving the ever-popular Buy Now Pay Later model, one travel company is now offering up to 20 percent interest to customers willing to bank their deposit with it. India's EaseMyTrip is calling the concept “Save Now Buy Later” and the investment solution offers a bank-like interest rate on the customer's cash. It claims its new…

Matthew Parsons | 2 years ago

News Blog

Edreams Odigeo Gets Fined in Spain for Allegedly Misleading Consumers on Subscriptions

A regional consumer affairs agency in Spain fined eDreams Odigeo $23,300 (24,000 euros) for allegedly duping some consumers into buying the company's much-publicized Prime subscription service. In 2017, eDreams Odiego moved into new offices in Barcelona designed by Vimworks. Source: Vimworks. The General Directorate of Consumer Affairs of the Balearic Islands, which include Mallorca and…

Dennis Schaal | 2 years ago

Online Travel

Calling Booking.com a Gatekeeper Wouldn’t Have the Impact European Regulators Expect

The European Commission found that banning certain rate parity provisions impacted competition minimally. Therefore, perhaps designating Booking.com a "gatekeeper," were it to happen, wouldn't be the end of online travel as we know it.

Dennis Schaal | 2 years ago

Calling Booking.com a Gatekeeper Wouldn’t Have the Impact European Regulators Expect

News Blog

Google Will No Longer Be a Place to Book Travel as Fewer Travelers Were Using It

Google announced it will shut Book on Google for flights for users outside the U.S. at the end of September, and told Skift it will likewise end the feature in the U.S. sometime after March 31. It turns out, a declining number of users were booking their flights on Google, which acknowledged that travelers would…

Dennis Schaal | 2 years ago

Online Travel

Airbnb Boosts Marketing Advantage Over Rivals in 2nd Quarter

Booking Holdings and Expedia are changing their marketing strategies, a healthy development. Meanwhile, Airbnb widened its marketing edge.

Dennis Schaal | 2 years ago

Airbnb Boosts Marketing Advantage Over Rivals in 2nd Quarter