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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: Hotel Urbano CEO on Using Big Data to Battle Booking Rivals

Hotel Urbano is focused on being a Big Data-infused travel company with an online travel agency platform in Brazil, one of the largest emerging markets in the world. Hotel Urbano claims it is not only riding that demand, but is also creating it.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 10 years ago

Interview: Hotel Urbano CEO on Using Big Data to Battle Booking Rivals

Hotels

CEO Interview: OneFineStay on Sharing Economy Legal Trends and Mobile

OneFineStay has dug into a lucrative segment of the alternative accommodations market, although its approach is somewhat labor-intensive and doesn't scale like an Airbnb. For investors and like-minded companies, though, there are lots of dollars and euros at the end of the rainbow.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 10 years ago

CEO Interview: OneFineStay on Sharing Economy Legal Trends and Mobile

Online Travel

Interview: Despegar CEO on the Evolution of Online Booking in Latin America

In Latin America, as in many regions around the world, the phone is the dominant way to book. No, not via the smartphone, but by phoning an agent in an online travel agency call center. Despegar is doing everything it can to ease the transition from call center to online bookings.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 10 years ago

Interview: Despegar CEO on the Evolution of Online Booking in Latin America

Online Travel

Interview: eDreams CEO on Finding a New Way to Sell Flights

eDreams Odigeo's stock price has tanked since it started trading in April. Still, if you look at some of the company's technology advantages, the flight-search group has a lot of things going for it if the company can stick it out over the long term.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 10 years ago

Interview: eDreams CEO on Finding a New Way to Sell Flights

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Interview: HomeAway CEO on Big Players Acquiring Vacation Rental Companies

In the current M&A environment, HomeAway is both the pursued and the pursuer. And all of this takes place as HomeAway becomes an even more attractive acquisition target because it is getting aggressive and ahead of schedule, expecting a majority of its listings to be bookable online within two years.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 10 years ago

Interview: HomeAway CEO on Big Players Acquiring Vacation Rental Companies

Online Travel

Interview: Travel.ru CEO on Transformation in the Russian Online Booking Market

Millennials? Not an overriding concern for Russia's Travel.ru, which is taking advantage of a boom in domestic travel, gives customers a variety of payment options, including pre-paying for hotels in cash at kiosks, and is navigating the shift from offline to online and mobile.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 10 years ago

Interview: Travel.ru CEO on Transformation in the Russian Online Booking Market

Online Travel

Interview: Hipmunk CEO on the Product Versus Marketing Quandary

A legion of brand advocates and a focus on product and mobile alone won't be enough to take Hipmunk over the top. It is a dilemma it shares with many startups. How do you compete against the likes of Priceline/Kayak with that $61 billion market cap?

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 10 years ago

Interview: Hipmunk CEO on the Product Versus Marketing Quandary

Online Travel

Interview: Qunar CEO Makes No Apologies, It’s All About Price

Qunar CEO Chenchao "CC" Zhuang isn't like some travel bosses who claim their companies can differentiate themselves based on the experiences they provide. Zhuang wants to compete on comprehensiveness and price, and he claims Qunar's platform is driving such efficiencies that he can win on price and by showing loyalty to consumers' wallets.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 10 years ago

Interview: Qunar CEO Makes No Apologies, It’s All About Price

Online Travel

Interview: Skyscanner CEO on Mobile and Direct Bookings

Skyscanner launched in the Americas about a year ago, and it seems as though things are going slowly for now. But, the search site has plenty of patience, believing these are just the early days of online travel.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 10 years ago

Interview: Skyscanner CEO on Mobile and Direct Bookings

Online Travel

Interview: MakeMyTrip CEO on Keeping Bookers on Smartphones

Rather than working on making it easier for Indian travelers to transition easily between various devices, MakeMyTrip is focusing on keeping consumers on smartphones, and solving the clunkiness of the payment process on mobile. It's a bet that is India-specific, but might be instructive for some other parts of the developing world.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 10 years ago

Interview: MakeMyTrip CEO on Keeping Bookers on Smartphones