Online Travel CEO Interview Series

The Future of Travel Booking

Skift is publishing a series of interviews with online travel CEOs talking about the Future of Travel Booking, and the evolving habits and device preferences of travel consumers.

Online Travel

Interview: Expedia’s Comeback CEO on What It Will Take To Win

The online travel duopoly, The Priceline Group and Expedia Inc., remains in place. But as history and Expedia's turnaround show, the pecking order isn't necessarily going to stay this way over the long term.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 9 years ago

Online Travel

Complete Interview: Priceline CEO on Staying in High Gear

When Huston took over as CEO of the Priceline Group 13 months ago, a financial analyst told us that Huston would play it safe and not make any bold moves in his first year at the helm because he needed to assure Wall Street about his leadership. Boy, was that analyst wrong.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 9 years ago

Online Travel

Priceline CEO Interview: Why It Is in ‘Constant Discussions’ With HomeAway

Watching how Priceline Group, HomeAway, and Expedia interact in 2015 may turn out to be a very interesting look at a fascinating contact sport.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 9 years ago

Online Travel

Understand the Travel Booking Trends in 2015, With Our New E-Book

Skift sat down with 17 online travel CEOs over three months to better understand what matters to them as they look at the future of travel booking. Understand the trends, buy the e-book.

Rafat Ali, Skift | 9 years ago

Online Travel

What CEOs at Top Travel Booking Sites Say About Competition and Winning

Every CEO would like to view his or her company as a crocodile in the Yangtze or Amazon rivers, but some of these companies have more bite than others.

Samantha Shankman, Skift | 9 years ago

Online Travel

Best Marketing and Advertising Insights From CEOs of Top Travel Booking Sites

Skift sat down with 17 online travel CEOs over three months to better understand what matters to them as they look at the future of travel booking. Understand the trends, buy the e-book.

Dan Peltier, Skift | 9 years ago

Online Travel

What Travel’s Top CEOs Have to Say About Consumers’ Mobile Habits

In the near future, travelers won't be all thumbs when trying to get things done on their mobile devices. Help is on the way.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 9 years ago

Online Travel

Future of Travel Booking: Highlights From Priceline Group CEO Interview

One of Google's largest customers, the Priceline Group, loves Google but what's love got to do with it? Google isn't growing fast enough to meet Booking.com's needs so the company turned to data-challenged TV advertising to cope with the demand-generation gap.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 9 years ago

Online Travel

Skift’s First E-Book: The ‘Future of Travel Booking’

Skift sat down with 17 online travel CEOs over three months to better understand what matters to them as they look at the future of travel booking. Understand the trends, buy the e-book.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 9 years ago

Online Travel

Interview: Kayak CEO on Downplaying TV Ads and Direct Bookings

Kayak started the direct-booking trend among travel metasearch sites, but now CEO Steve Hafner says improvements have been made on partner sites so direct booking is no longer a priority and can hurt, rather than help, turning lookers into bookers. Have the conditions really changed or is this Priceline Group-speak?

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 9 years ago