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Articles tagged “booking holdings”

Online Travel

Skift Global Forum Preview: Booking CEO Glenn Fogel Sees Cryptocurrency Potential

Whether it's payments or overtourism, Booking Holdings CEO Glenn Fogel has a lot to say about — and a lot of influence over — the future of travel. His views, you'll see, aren't always politically correct.

Skift Global Forum Preview: Booking CEO Glenn Fogel Sees Cryptocurrency Potential

Ground Transport

TripAdvisor Exec Accuses GetYourGuide of Fear-Mongering

TripAdvisor and Booking Holdings are seemingly playing nice and fair with the tours and activities companies for now, but what happens five years from now when competition gets more intense and extracting profits is more of a mandate? Will push come to shove?

TripAdvisor Exec Accuses GetYourGuide of Fear-Mongering

Online Travel

Booking Holdings CEO Sees Greater Need for Urgency Under New Exec Structure

Booking Holdings, along with Expedia Group, have both had to deal with acquisitions and integrations that have been taking too long. Booking officials are undoubtedly frustrated with the pace of progress at OpenTable and Rentalcars.com. At Expedia Group, Vrbo has been a multiyear reclamation project. To the speedster go the spoils.

Booking Holdings CEO Sees Greater Need for Urgency Under New Exec Structure

Online Travel

Booking Quietly Taps Google Heavy Hitter to Lead Marketing in Exec Reorg

Glenn Fogel adding CEO to his Booking.com title as Gillian Tans transitioned to a one-year chairwoman role was not the only element of the management shakeup at the parent company's largest brand in June. The executive changes were more far-reaching, and the implications are open-ended.

Booking Quietly Taps Google Heavy Hitter to Lead Marketing in Exec Reorg

Business Travel

Expedia CEO Admits Tours Business Is Underfunded

Expedia and Ctrip are the two large online travel companies that have so far not acquired a technology partner to foster the growth of their tours and activities' businesses. GetYourGuide argues that these tech/connectivity companies should remain independent, but how long will it be before some of these smaller companies get scooped up?

Expedia CEO Admits Tours Business Is Underfunded

Online Travel

Trivago Could Kill Controversial Ad Feature That Caused Its Fortunes to Plummet

Trivago is trying to make peace with its largest advertisers, especially the biggest, Booking Holdings. These peace overtures seem to be working for now, but metasearch and advertising can be very fickle things.

Trivago Could Kill Controversial Ad Feature That Caused Its Fortunes to Plummet

Hotels

Airbnb Offers Greater Price Transparency in Europe After Regulatory Threats

Once again — and this time it's the issue of pricing transparency in alternative lodging — European regulators are out in front of their counterparts in other parts of the world, including those in the United States. Travelers shouldn't have to be detectives in trying to figure out what their lodging tab will be.

Airbnb Offers Greater Price Transparency in Europe After Regulatory Threats

Online Travel

Momondo’s Viral Video Is a Piece of Kayak’s Brand Marketing Strategy

When Booking Holdings acquired Momondo in 2017 to pair with fellow metasearch brand Kayak, officials said one of Momondo's core strengths was its brand marketing bonafides. The World Piece video works because it stirs emotions, and this type of dynamic can go a long way toward creating a relationship between consumers and brands.

Momondo’s Viral Video Is a Piece of Kayak’s Brand Marketing Strategy

Hotels

Marriott Is Sued by D.C. as Hotel Resort Fees Come Under Renewed Fire

Resort fees are embedded into many hotels' business models, so it would take a lot to upend them. But the prospect is picking up a lot of momentum.

Marriott Is Sued by D.C. as Hotel Resort Fees Come Under Renewed Fire

Online Travel

Highest-Paid Online Travel CEOs of 2018

The CEOs of Booking Holdings, Expedia Group, and TripAdvisor all saw their total compensation fall in 2018, but only because 2017 was an exceptional year for each. Glenn Fogel of Booking and Mark Okerstrom of Expedia were each appointed as CEO in 2017, and Steve Kaufer of TripAdvisor received a long-term incentive award that was undoubtedly the envy of his peers.

Highest-Paid Online Travel CEOs of 2018