2014 Archives

Online Travel

Daily Travel Startup Watch: GoBold, Trip Convergence and More

Dan Peltier, Skift | 9 years ago

Media and PR

Travel Booking Sites Spent $624 Million on TV Advertising in 2014

While the Trivago Guy's love-him-or-hate him TV ads garnered a lot of media attention in 2014, it was the Expedia brand that really kicked butt on TV.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 9 years ago

Online Travel

Daily Travel Startup Watch: Travel Pro Rentals, Qultura and More

Dan Peltier, Skift | 9 years ago

Online Travel

Online Travel Gets a Woman CEO and a Rebrand

Toni Portmann inherits the distribution side of the Pegasus business, which formerly provided both hotel reservations services and distribution. In so doing, she will lead the healthier segment as the hotel reservations' portion has drastically given up market share over the last few years.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 9 years ago

Announcements

Skift Business Traveler: Another Asian Airliner Disappears

Grant Martin, Skift | 9 years ago

Airlines

The Cost of Great Airline Design Can Be Measured in Delays and Dollars

It’s the old story: Do you want it quickly or do you want it to be special?

Marisa Garcia, Skift | 9 years ago

Hotels

How Starwood and Other Hotels Turn to Videos and Music to Reach New Guests

Is it a hotel you can dance to? For some brands that's become a more pertinent question.

Greg Oates, Skift | 9 years ago

Tourism

U.S. Outbound Tourism Snapshot for October 2014

Travel slowed in October as leisure trips came to an end; however, year-over-year growth exceeded previous months suggesting more consistent travel patterns emerging after the recession.

Samantha Shankman, Skift | 9 years ago

Airlines

AirTran Makes Its Final Flight and It’s All About Southwest Aircraft Now

With this last flight, pending a few more paint jobs in the works, Southwest's entire fleet will have the Southwest livery, an important milestone in the merger of AirTran with Southwest.

Associated Press | 9 years ago

Airlines

Measuring the Value of Airline and Hotel Loyalty Points in 2015

Loyalty points are a currency that requires an expertise of a George Soros to take the best advantage of.

Grant Martin, Skift | 9 years ago