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Travel Industry Earnings Coverage

Don’t miss out on Skift’s in-depth coverage of earnings reported by public travel companies, including online travel agencies, hotel brands, airlines, and technology companies. Our earnings stories cut through the numbers to explain what’s really happening at companies and within the industry as a whole.

Media and PR

TripAdvisor Posts Strong Q1 Results, Buys Restaurant Booking Platform

Skift | 10 years ago

Online Travel

Orbitz Room Night Growth Slows in Q1 Despite Adding Travelocity Partner Network

Orbitz had a little momentum going, but saw its all-important hotel room-night growth slow in the first quarter. It is also a lesson in scale as the bigger players such as Expedia and Priceline grow much faster.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 10 years ago

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Why Expedia Will Eventually Acquire Travelocity Outright

Travelocity talked years ago about getting into the advertising and media business in a big way, but never made it happen. But, now Expedia has grand plans to use Travelocity's North America sites as a platform to expanding Expedia's own advertising and media business in tandem with the jolt that Trivago is already providing.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 10 years ago

Online Travel

Expedia Sees Room-Night Growth Slow in Q1 but Gets Air Ticket Bump from Travelocity

Trivago is the all-star in the Expedia stable, and saw its revenue rise year over year at an 80% clip in the first quarter of 2014.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 10 years ago

Airlines

Republic Airways Canceled 12,400 Flights in Q1 and Still Notched $14 Million Profit

Republic Airways freed itself of money-losing Frontier, and Republic recorded a nice profit in the first quarter despite massive flight cancellations.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 10 years ago

Business Travel

Concur Is Losing Money Along the Way to Reworking Corporate Travel

With 1,000 customers signed up for its open-booking platform, and 5,000 new clients enrolled in all its products over the last year, Concur is getting increasingly mainstream in the corporate travel industry. That's a challenge for establishment companies such as American Express, Carlson Wagonlit Travel and BCD, which must pay heed to the insurgent.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 10 years ago

Airlines

Spirit Airlines’ First Quarter Earnings Lift on Increased Volume

Despite the disruptive weather, it was a strong first quarter for U.S. airlines -- even the ones everybody complains about. That is if your name isn't spelled U-N-I-T-E-D.

Jason Clampet, Skift | 10 years ago

Online Travel

HomeAway Backs Airbnb in Battle with Cities

HomeAway is not about to be another Booking.com, but Google is going to get a new and large global customer when the vacation rental site ramps up its search engine marketing, probably next year.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 10 years ago

Online Travel

HomeAway’s First Quarter Profit Narrows as Paid Booking Model Ramps Up

HomeAway's pay-per booking model is picking up steam, given the relatively large numbers of listings to date, but the vacation rental company is definitely in transition mode with lots of uncertainty about the outcome.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 10 years ago

Airlines

Norwegian Air CEO Uses Annual Report to Attack Critics and Alliances

Kjos and Norwegian's backers are making a big bet that they can disrupt trans-Atlantic traffic. You need a bit of chutzpah to make that happen.

Marisa Garcia, Skift | 10 years ago