Sean O'Neill

Sean O’Neill is Skift's senior hospitality editor, reporting on hotels. Send him news tips at [email protected]. He's been a full-time journalist for two decades. He lives in Washington, D.C. Stop him before he starts another home improvement project.

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Online Travel

Amadeus Buys Hotel Tech Firm TravelClick for $1.5 Billion

With this deal, Amadeus Hospitality finally has a chance to start selling its enterprise software after years of perfecting its platform-based offering.

Sean O'Neill, Skift | 6 years ago

Amadeus Buys Hotel Tech Firm TravelClick for $1.5 Billion

Online Travel

Investors Bet Millions More in China: Travel Startup Funding This Week

China's travel startup scene is less well covered in Western media due to the language barrier, but is nonetheless just as vibrant as the West's.

Sean O'Neill, Skift | 6 years ago

Investors Bet Millions More in China: Travel Startup Funding This Week

Online Travel

Booking Holdings Says Half Its Customers Now Come Direct: Will It Be a Game Changer?

Some hotel groups will be jealous of Booking Holdings' ability to have one out of every two of its customers booking travel on its brand sites and apps without having to buy online ads to acquire them.

Sean O'Neill, Skift | 6 years ago

Booking Holdings Says Half Its Customers Now Come Direct: Will It Be a Game Changer?

Online Travel

Booking Holdings Sacrifices Growth for Profit

The online travel titan faces a reality check after years of extraordinary growth. Booking Holdings forecast that third-quarter growth in its accommodation room nights booked rate would be between 6 percent and 9 percent, well below the 20 percent range typical in the past.

Sean O'Neill, Skift | 6 years ago

Booking Holdings Sacrifices Growth for Profit

Online Travel

Video: Expedia Faces Hiring Challenges as Its Tech Needs Shift

Calling all data scientists and engineers with experience at using machine learning. Expedia is hiring.

Sean O'Neill, Skift | 6 years ago

Video: Expedia Faces Hiring Challenges as Its Tech Needs Shift

Online Travel

Klook Raises $200 Million to Expand Activity Bookings

Given its new lofty valuation of more than $1 billion, Klook has become too expensive for most online travel companies to justify as an acquisition. But would a possible IPO within a few years be successful?

Sean O'Neill, Skift | 6 years ago

Klook Raises $200 Million to Expand Activity Bookings

Business Travel

Sabre Agrees to Pilot New Technologies With American Airlines and Other Travel Giants

After years of friction, Sabre and corporate travel giants American Express Global Business Travel, Carlson Wagonlit, and Flight Centre, have agreed to work together to test what new distribution methods might look like. Questions of who will pay what have been postponed.

Sean O'Neill, Skift | 6 years ago

Sabre Agrees to Pilot New Technologies With American Airlines and Other Travel Giants

Hotels

RedAwning Deal With Google Gives Vacation Rental Managers Tools for Paid Search

In online travel, Google always gets a cut.

Sean O'Neill, Skift | 6 years ago

RedAwning Deal With Google Gives Vacation Rental Managers Tools for Paid Search

Hotels

Melia Tests Oracle’s Wearable Tech at Its Resorts and Nearby Merchants

Meliá has followed the path of Disney and Carnival to introduce wearable tech. But it has taken the concept further, enabling nearby merchants like Starbucks to also accept payments made by guests via its new smart wristbands.

Sean O'Neill, Skift | 6 years ago

Melia Tests Oracle’s Wearable Tech at Its Resorts and Nearby Merchants

Online Travel

Rental Management Firm Hostmaker Raises $5 Million: Travel Startup Funding This Week

Flipping property management companies may become the new house flipping — if larger startups like Hostmaker start acquiring smaller ones, as we expect they will.

Sean O'Neill, Skift | 6 years ago

Rental Management Firm Hostmaker Raises $5 Million: Travel Startup Funding This Week