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Articles tagged “booking holdings”

Online Travel

The Biggest Inventory Challenges for Online Booking Sites: Latest from Skift Research

Many online travel agencies are no longer specialists in one product, instead aiming to become one-stop shops. The platform that a booking site can offer is a key part of its competitive moat and the contours of supply at Booking Holding and Expedia vary widely from each other.

Seth Borko, Skift Research | 5 years ago

The Biggest Inventory Challenges for Online Booking Sites: Latest from Skift Research

Online Travel

Expedia Marketing Spend Levels May Reflect a Changing Advertising Environment

Has the worm turned? Have Expedia and Booking.com found a way to trim the growth of their bloated advertising spend? That would not be great news for some advertising platforms, and would be a significant change in the way the largest players conduct their marketing operations.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 5 years ago

Expedia Marketing Spend Levels May Reflect a Changing Advertising Environment

Online Travel

Trivago Lays Off Staff in Strategy Shift to Emphasize Profitability Over Growth

A lot of Trivago's problems, including an advertising diss from Booking Holdings, are beyond the company's control so it is doing what it can, namely reducing advertising spend and headcount in an attempt to get into the black. Speaking of Booking Holdings, Trivago may need a dot-com-like Priceline comeback to right the ship.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 5 years ago

Trivago Lays Off Staff in Strategy Shift to Emphasize Profitability Over Growth

Online Travel

Oral History: Ebookers and LastMinute Deals Showed Mergers Can Be a Blood Sport

When mergers go awry, it isn't always merely because the acquired company was a dog. Sometimes the purchaser likewise screws the whole thing up.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 5 years ago

Oral History: Ebookers and LastMinute Deals Showed Mergers Can Be a Blood Sport

Hotels

Airbnb Could Be Worth More Than Any Hotel Company

The battle between Airbnb and Booking (and everyone else in online travel) is just beginning.

Deanna Ting, Skift | 5 years ago

Airbnb Could Be Worth More Than Any Hotel Company

Mergers and Acquisitions

Oral History: Booking.com Catapulted Priceline From an Also-Ran to First

The acquisitions of Active Hotels and Bookings B.V., which led to the creation of Booking.com, transformed parent company Priceline.com, and online travel history. Take a look at Priceline's fourth quarter of 2005 financial results, and you'll be able to see the journey in process.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 5 years ago

Oral History: Booking.com Catapulted Priceline From an Also-Ran to First

Mergers and Acquisitions

6 Takeaways From The Oral History of Travel’s Greatest Acquisition Booking.com

The stars were seemingly aligned when Booking.com made its move. The big U.S. players were too comfortable with their huge margins from the merchant model; Booking.com focused on independent hotels; and search engine marketing was on the rise. Still, it was the entrepreneurs and dealmakers who made it all happen.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 5 years ago

6 Takeaways From The Oral History of Travel’s Greatest Acquisition Booking.com

Hotels

Analysts Are Puzzled Why Booking Holdings Acquired HotelsCombined

The deal surprised analysts, some of whom didn't see an obvious logic for it. Yet one thing is sure: Online hotel sales are a bit like an old-fashioned butter market. A big chunk of butter changes hands multiple times and everyone gets their hands greasy.

Sean O'Neill, Skift | 5 years ago

Analysts Are Puzzled Why Booking Holdings Acquired HotelsCombined

Mergers and Acquisitions

Booking Holdings Buys HotelsCombined as Kayak Expands Into Asia Pacific

Booking.com is Booking Holdings' favored child, but with the addition of HotelsCombined, it is apparent that the parent company still sees plenty of opportunity for its Kayak unit in metasearch worldwide. This deal will help Kayak expand in Asia Pacific, and will give HotelsCombined additional resources as well.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 5 years ago

Booking Holdings Buys HotelsCombined as Kayak Expands Into Asia Pacific

Online Travel

Launching The Oral History of Travel’s Greatest Acquisition Booking.com

This is the oral history of Priceline's two deals, the acquisitions of Active Hotels and Bookings B.V., that created Booking.com, and continue to shape the course of online travel and the competitive landscape today. The twin transactions were among the greatest Internet deals of all time, and their lessons are relevant to startups and dealmakers in any industry.

Tom Lowry, Skift | 5 years ago

Launching The Oral History of Travel’s Greatest Acquisition Booking.com