Articles tagged “cheapoair”

CheapOair is making a big bet on Mexico and Latin America and it is doing so through an investment in a consolidator, a type of commercial enterprise the company knows well because the special fares obtained through consolidators spawned Fareportal and CheapOair in the first place.

You can see travel advertisers on TV trying to create memorable characters. There's Priceline's The Negotiator and attempts by Trivago with the Trivago Guy and Hotels.com with Captain Obvious. It's a very tough thing to do, and CheapOair is trying to take a shortcut.

Hotel site Getaroom.com tried to drive consumers from its Web site to a call centers for up-selling, but the much larger CheapOair is intent on doing both -- perfecting online booking and giving travelers that option, but also prodding them to phone agents in its company-owned call centers.

Summer is the time for group travel. Identify with your brand's audience through their families and friends.

CheapOair has created a niche as a go-to place for airlines such as US Airways, American and now Spirit to accelerate the distribution of their ancillary services, but in the Spirit case, at least, travelers aren't getting a bargain when compared with booking on Spirit.com.

With its focus on flights, CheapOair sells a ton of seats for American Airlines and US Airways, and this pact is a bow to that performance.

Advertising technology is driving a programmatic sea change in online bookings. To understand these changes, get the report.

The Expedia.com homepage redesign is trendy and artsy, with lots of open space and a search widget placed on top of an inspirational photo. Simplicity, photo-led search and responsive design are trending now -- until the next big thing comes along.

CheapOair has already proven that it can make a viable business out of flights when its competitors are scurrying to build their hotel businesses. There will be pressures, and it won't be the fastest-growing business in the world, but there is plenty of room for companies like CheapOair that keep their heads down and focus on areas that others are neglecting.