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Online Travel

Expedia Has Strong Q4 Thanks to its New Metasearch Business and Increased Bookings

Expedia's hotel business has momentum, and the acquisition of Trivago and its strategic marketing agreement with Travelocity are fueling the trend.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 10 years ago

Online Travel

Google EU Antitrust Settlement Means Expedia, Booking.com and Yelp Get Equal Weight in Search

Kudos to the European Union for ensuring that Google doesn't wield its market power with excessive advantage in promoting its own services. The U.S. FTC's decision to avoid taking similar actions is a regulatory blemish, although the EU agreement could put more pressure on the FTC to take another look at these issues.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 10 years ago

Online Travel

Business Travel App to Offer Mobile-Only Hotel Deals With Free Cancellations

Business travelers have always clamored for websites and apps that are as functional as those for leisure travelers. As testament to the further blending of business and leisure travel, Egencia is offering mobile-only hotel deals to satisfy the last-minute whims of road warriors.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 10 years ago

Online Travel

Hotwire Advertises Against Parent Expedia’s New Strategic Partner Travelocity

Expedia and Travelocity are now strategic partners, but they still will compete against each other to a certain extent. That's where Hotwire, an Expedia subsidiary, fits in. Hotwire is advertising to the world that its hotel deals are better than Travelocity's -- and, by extension, Expedia's. It's the travel industry. Get it?

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 10 years ago

Hotels

Booking Sites in the UK Just Got the OK to Offer Lower Room Rates Than Hotels

The UK's Office of Fair Trading has made the hotel industry a bit more competitive, but the new rules have their limits. Booking.com and Expedia aren't permitted to advertise discounted rooms to the general public, but will only do so for members of their loyalty programs and other closed groups. Still, it puts hotels at a disadvantage.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 10 years ago

Hotels

Traxo Delivers Hotel Recommendations Based on a User’s Loyalty History

Whether Traxo is the company that ends up bringing personalized hotel recommendations to throngs of travelers or another company does it, this is where online and mobile travel is heading. The airlines are trying to do this, as well.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 10 years ago

Online Travel

Groupon Adds 20,000 Properties To Its Hotel Feature

Groupon is rounding out its hotel offering after having acquired same-night hotel app Blink last September. The whole thing is still a very niche product.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 10 years ago

Hotels

Skift Q&A: Trivago Co-Founder on Why It Doesn’t Really Need Expedia

Malte Siewert of Trivago has a mantra that's a characteristic of many successful companies: Test things out, yes, but make quick decisions and get things done. He's happy about the Expedia acquisition, but Trivago is apparently creating its own destiny.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 10 years ago

Online Travel

Expedia Can’t Expect Google’s Immediate Forgiveness in Paid Links Escapade

Expedia has long argued that Google wields inordinate power, and now it is feeling Google's wrath. There will be a financial impact, and perhaps a bit of a brand hit, but this injury is far from fatal.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 10 years ago

Online Travel

Expedia Is Now Selling Travelocity’s Hotels Under 8-Year Agreement

Now that the Expedia-Travelocity agreement's implementation has begun, we can expect to hear about some of the financial benefits to Expedia during its upcoming Q4 earnings call. The agreement is being phased in, and the rollout is taking place somewhat faster than expected.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 10 years ago

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Expedia News

Expedia Has Strong Q4 Thanks to its New Metasearch Business and Increased Bookings

Google EU Antitrust Settlement Means Expedia, Booking.com and Yelp Get Equal Weight in Search

Business Travel App to Offer Mobile-Only Hotel Deals With Free Cancellations

Hotwire Advertises Against Parent Expedia’s New Strategic Partner Travelocity

Booking Sites in the UK Just Got the OK to Offer Lower Room Rates Than Hotels

Traxo Delivers Hotel Recommendations Based on a User’s Loyalty History

Groupon Adds 20,000 Properties To Its Hotel Feature

Skift Q&A: Trivago Co-Founder on Why It Doesn’t Really Need Expedia

Expedia Can’t Expect Google’s Immediate Forgiveness in Paid Links Escapade

Expedia Is Now Selling Travelocity’s Hotels Under 8-Year Agreement