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

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 | 11 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 | 11 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 | 11 years ago

Airlines

Virgin America Reports its First Full Year of Profitability

Perhaps Virgin America can build on this good year and begin adding more cities to its stingy route map.

Jason Clampet | 11 years ago

Cruises

Rock-Bottom Prices Contribute to Carnival's $15 Million First Quarter Loss

Carnival's recovery is proving to be a lot more protracted than expected as its cruise pricing remains stubbornly low. This is a real test for the new leadership in the form of newbie CEO Arnold Donald.

Dennis Schaal | 11 years ago

Hotels

HomeAway Reports Q4 Loss Because of Stayz Acquisition

HomeAway's DNA is growth through acquisition. The acquisition of Stayz led to a fourth quarter loss, but that doesn't mean much as these things can be expensive at times, and it puts HomeAway into a better strategic position in Asia-Pacific.

Dennis Schaal | 11 years ago

Cruises

Norwegian Cruise Line and Bigger Competitors Take Their Battle to TV

NCL CEO would like to see a less competitive cruise environment where there would be less discounting and everyone could raise pricing. Utopia isn't lurking around the next corner.

Dennis Schaal | 11 years ago

Cruises

Norwegian Cruise Line Sees 19 Percent Q4 Revenue Jump Helped by Ship Launch

NCL's is showing some momentum after completing its first year as a public company with the introduction of the Norwegian Breakaway, and the decision to homeport its new Norwegian Getaway in Miami.

Dennis Schaal | 11 years ago

Online Travel

Orbitz and Kayak End Five-Year Exclusive Relationship

Orbitz will feel the most pain from the end of its exclusive relationship with Kayak, and will try to make up for it by forging new relationships with other metasearch players around the world.

Dennis Schaal | 11 years ago

Online Travel

Orbitz Makes Modest Strides in Hotel Business in Q4

As Expedia CFO Mark Okerstrom said the other day, "scale begets scale." Orbitz's modest 15% growth in room nights in the fourth quarter partially reflects the lack thereof.

Dennis Schaal | 11 years ago