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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.

Online Travel

Booking Boost at Expedia Leads to 52% Earnings Increase in Q2

Booking Boost at Expedia Leads to 52% Earnings Increase in Q2

Media and PR

Yelp Isn’t Worried at All by Priceline’s Intrusion Into Local With OpenTable Buy

Without a doubt, Yelp, which marks its 10th year this summer, is in play regardless of how company officials seek to downplay all of the merger and acquisition activity swirling around them.

Yelp Isn’t Worried at All by Priceline’s Intrusion Into Local With OpenTable Buy

Online Travel

Sabre’s Travelocity Revenue Plummets in Q1 Because of Expedia Deal

It is too soon to tell how the Sabre-Expedia agreement on Travelocity is working out for Sabre. We have to get past the initial implementation to see if Sabre's profitability promises will be valid.

Sabre’s Travelocity Revenue Plummets in Q1 Because of Expedia Deal

Tourism

SeaWorld Attendance Drop Leads to Revenue Decline in Q1

If the Blackfish documentary is hurting SeaWorld's attendance, the theme park operator would be pained to admit it.

SeaWorld Attendance Drop Leads to Revenue Decline in Q1

Online Travel

Priceline Outpaces Expedia With 32% Room Night Growth in Q1

Priceline outlasted Expedia in the room-night growth arms race, posting 32% growth to Expedia's 24%. Although there was a slight dent in the armor, as Priceline room-night growth was slightly faster a year earlier.

Priceline Outpaces Expedia With 32% Room Night Growth in Q1

Online Travel

TripAdvisor Launches Direct Booking With Limited Partner Roster

Despite the stock hit that TripAdvisor took after its Q1 earnings came out, the company is really on a roll. TripAdvisor increased its full-year revenue guidance for 2014 -- and that doesn't even count the lift it is expected to get from a renewed TV advertising campaign and Instant Booking.

TripAdvisor Launches Direct Booking With Limited Partner Roster

Media and PR

TripAdvisor Posts Strong Q1 Results, Buys Restaurant Booking Platform

TripAdvisor Posts Strong Q1 Results, Buys Restaurant Booking Platform

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.

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

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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.

Why Expedia Will Eventually Acquire Travelocity Outright

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.

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