Articles tagged “booking.com”

Online Travel

Priceline posts healthy first quarter profit, but Wall Street thinks guidance is a bummer

Priceline is anxious to see what it terms its Booking.com "experiment" in the U.S., replete with offline branding campaign, succeed. Given the volatily in subsidiary Booking.com's core European market, growth in the U.S., alongside Priceline.com, would serve as a hedge against Europe's troubles.

Ari Levy , Bloomberg | 11 years ago

Media and PR

Top Travel Sites Then and Now: How Usability Has Evolved in Travel

Dennis Schaal and Jason Clampet, Skift | 11 years ago

Hotels

Russian booking site Ostrovok gets $25 million funding in Russian-American pact

With only about 8% of hotel bookings in Russia taking place online, Ostrovok and its peers have epic room for growth.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 11 years ago

Hotels

HomeAway isn’t worried about Booking.com’s vacation rental challenge

HomeAway's Brian Sharples isn't worried about online travel agencies getting into vacation rentals. InterContinental, Marriott and Hilton have the OTAs on a relatively tight leash, and won't stand for a serious flirtation with those dreaded vacation rentals.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 11 years ago

Hotels

How Booking.com and its ad campaign may change your lodging options

Where Booking.com leads, other online travel agencies tend to follow. Don't be surprised if you start seeing more apartment hotels and hostels appearing on Expedia sometime soon.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 11 years ago

Hotels

Booking.com finally flexes its muscles with a new wacky TV ad campaign

Booking.com has turned out to be among the best acquisitions ever made in Internet history, and now it is shedding its shyness on marketing front.

Ari Levy, Bloomberg | 11 years ago

Hotels

Exclusive: Booking.com is HomeAway’s new vacation rental competitor

These are early days, but when a major hotel provider such as Booking.com diversifies into vacation rentals, everyone should take notice.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 11 years ago

Hotels

Expedia’s pay at hotel or pay online now program provides new choices

Look at any Expedia hotel page and you'll see cues of how Expedia is copying Booking.com. But, now Expedia has something Booking.com doesn't: more choices with pay online now or pay at the hotel. This could be something.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 12 years ago