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Online Travel

How The Travel Booking Giants Stack Up and Where They Are Heading

The Expedia-Travelocity deal won't likely trigger a lot of consolidation because there aren't a lot of U.S. pieces left worth buying.

Dennis Schaal , Skift | 11 years ago

Online Travel

Travelocity and Sabre Leaders Weigh In on Expedia Relationship: “Smart Deal”

Expedia couldn't acquire Travelocity even if it wanted to because it would have triggered an antitrust investigation. The pact marks the obituary of the Travelocity turnaround attempt, and the big winner is Expedia, which gets more volume and EVEN MORE negotiating clout with suppliers. Bad news for hotels.

Dennis Schaal , Skift | 11 years ago

Hotels

Expedia’s eLong Creates $100 Million Fund for Mobile Tech

eLong is putting its money, specifically $100 million of it, precisely where the company believes its future is, in mobile hotel technology. This initiative has certain parallels with what Concur is doing in using its own, larger investment fund, to encourage the development of travel startups doing interesting things.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 11 years ago

Hotels

Best Travel Ads This Week: The Colorful Spontaneous Side of Travel

Samantha Shankman, Skift | 11 years ago

Business Travel

Expedia Faced Q2 Advertising Woes and its Hotwire Business Suffered

Fairly hidden amidst Expedia's woes and financial announcements is that it apparently believes its eLong business in China can vie with Ctrip for a leadership position in the country.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 11 years ago

Hotels

French hotels say Booking.com and Expedia are control freaks

French hotels may or may not have a legitimate gripe about the market power of Expedia and Booking.com. But, the timing of the hotels' complaint makes it seem as though they have been in a time capsule, as if they just discovered the state of market dynamics that have been in place for a decade.

The Daily Telegraph | 11 years ago

Online Travel

Expedia CEO’s 2012 pay rose 300 percent even as profits dropped

Whatever this raise means despite Expedia revenue performance, Wall Street isn't complaining much, the company stock rose 112 percent over 2012.

Sanjay Bhatt, Seattle Times | 11 years ago

Online Travel

Confusion about taxes from online hotel bookings continue as Ohio bill stalls

A nationwide tax U.S. is an idea that will never happen, but booking sites would love to have some overall clarity on taxation, even if it costs users a bit more on each booking.

Julie Carry Smyth, Associated Press | 11 years ago

Media and PR

Best travel videos this week: Go somewhere interesting

Samantha Shankman, Skift | 11 years ago

Online Travel

Best travel videos this week: Sunsets in Montreal, Virginia, and New Jersey

Skift | 11 years ago