Dennis Schaal Archives

Dennis Schaal is Skift's Founding Editor and Executive Editor. Dennis has been a reporter focusing on online travel and short-term rentals for more than two decades at Skift, Tnooz, USA Today, and Travel Weekly. He is well-known for tough one-on-one interviews on stage at Skift events, including with the CEOs and top execs of Expedia, Uber, Booking Holdings, Priceline, Kayak, Hopper, and more.

Online Travel

VerbalizeIt Partners With Itinerary App For Translation Services

The TripCase-VerbalizeIt marketing partnership is a natural fit, although in-destination roaming charges are always an issue when Wi-Fi is unavailable.

Dennis Schaal | 11 years ago

Online Travel

Groupon Adds 20,000 Properties To Its Hotel Feature

Groupon is rounding out its hotel offering after having acquired same-night hotel app Blink last September. The whole thing is still a very niche product.

Dennis Schaal | 11 years ago

Hotels

Skift Q&A: Trivago Co-Founder on Why It Doesn't Really Need Expedia

Malte Siewert of Trivago has a mantra that's a characteristic of many successful companies: Test things out, yes, but make quick decisions and get things done. He's happy about the Expedia acquisition, but Trivago is apparently creating its own destiny.

Dennis Schaal | 11 years ago

Online Travel

Expedia Can't Expect Google's Immediate Forgiveness in Paid Links Escapade

Expedia has long argued that Google wields inordinate power, and now it is feeling Google's wrath. There will be a financial impact, and perhaps a bit of a brand hit, but this injury is far from fatal.

Dennis Schaal | 11 years ago

Airlines

American Airlines Antitrust Settlement Cost Sabre $222 Million

Neither American Airlines nor Sabre got exactly what they wanted in their protracted lawsuits, but Sabre was clearly the loser. American didn't obtain an edict that the global distribution industry is an anticompetitive monopoly, but it forced Sabre to cease its hostile acts and picked up a $200 million settlement in the bargain.

Dennis Schaal | 11 years ago

Online Travel

Expedia Is Now Selling Travelocity's Hotels Under 8-Year Agreement

Now that the Expedia-Travelocity agreement's implementation has begun, we can expect to hear about some of the financial benefits to Expedia during its upcoming Q4 earnings call. The agreement is being phased in, and the rollout is taking place somewhat faster than expected.

Dennis Schaal | 11 years ago

Online Travel

Did Google Spank Expedia For Operating A Paid Links Scheme With Bloggers?

These are explosive allegations that Expedia is involved in a paid links scheme with travel bloggers and that frenemy Google retaliated. Stay tuned for more fireworks.

Dennis Schaal | 11 years ago

Online Travel

Sabre Files For IPO, Reveals Years of Financial Losses

A Sabre IPO has been long anticipated as it has shed assets, off-loaded Travelocity North America operations, trimmed staff levels and brought in new management in anticipation of going public.

Dennis Schaal | 11 years ago

Airlines

Delta's Q4 Revenue Ticks Upwards As Capacity Increases

It wasn't a particularly stellar quarter for Delta, and analysts will be expecting much more as United and American deal with their respective merger integrations.

Dennis Schaal | 11 years ago

Ground Transport

Chris Christie Now Offering Traffic Advice For the Super Bowl

Apart from the ironies in Governor Chris Christie's indirect involvement in a traffic website, this Super Bowl traffic website sucks. The interactive map looks like Web 1.0, it is difficult to get directions, and the FAQ is about important and relevant things such as which government department oversees insurance companies. Lousy effort, New Jersey.

Dennis Schaal | 11 years ago