Articles tagged “homeaway”

Online Travel

Booking Holdings’ Agoda Takes a Distinctive Approach on Short-Term Rentals

Dan Peltier, Skift | 6 years ago

Online Travel

Expedia Marketing Spend Levels May Reflect a Changing Advertising Environment

Has the worm turned? Have Expedia and Booking.com found a way to trim the growth of their bloated advertising spend? That would not be great news for some advertising platforms, and would be a significant change in the way the largest players conduct their marketing operations.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 6 years ago

Online Travel

Every One of Expedia Group’s 23 Brands, Explained

Check out our Skift Takes on Expedia Group's brands for consumers and businesses. Time for some #realtalk.

Sean O'Neill, Skift | 6 years ago

Online Travel

New Skift Research Report: Decoding the Modern Vacation Rental Technology Landscape

Vacation rentals are grappling with how to meet and exceed guest expectations across a fragmented market. As the industry grows, this challenge only gets tougher. A new generation of fast-evolving technologies could be part of the solution.

Seth Borko, Skift Research | 6 years ago

Online Travel

Booking Targets Urban Apartments in Vacation Rental Land Grab

Booking.com now wants to sign up all types of alternative accommodations, even short-term rental apartments that face increased regulation in many cities. CEO Glenn Fogel seems to think that the ultimate winner of the online travel game will be whoever has the most beds in the end.

Sean O'Neill, Skift | 6 years ago

Hotels

HomeAway to Hike Rates for Rental Owners Despite Talk of Blowback

HomeAway’s fee hike spotlights the shifting economics of the vacation rental business. Property owners are weighing how much of a cut technology companies deserve when making it easier for them to put heads in beds.

Sean O'Neill, Skift | 6 years ago

Online Travel

Expedia CEO: Math and Strategy Are ‘In Our Favor’

Expedia's HomeAway unit isn't as profitable as the parent company initially envisioned, and Booking.com rained on Trivago's parade. Still, Expedia itself — and financial analysts — are optimistic about Expedia's long-term prospects. Regardless of the promise, these are very challenging days in online travel.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 6 years ago

Hotels

Alternative Accommodations Address Travelers’ Fears in an Age of Permanxiety

Professionalizing the homesharing experience is helping to alleviate travelers’ concerns and anxieties about staying in a stranger’s house. But there's always room for improvement.

Deanna Ting, Skift | 7 years ago

Online Travel

Trivago Looks to HomeAway Vacation Rentals to Regain Some Mojo

This move could be a modest win-win for Trivago and HomeAway, which both fall within the broader Expedia Inc. orbit. But Airbnb and Booking.com remain fierce competitors for rental search, with Google waiting in the wings.

Sean O'Neill, Skift | 7 years ago

Online Travel

New Expedia CEO Just Became His Own Guy in Outlining a New Strategy

It should be no surprise that the new Expedia CEO, who Barry Diller claims to have selected without conducting a wider candidate search, would have his own ideas about where to take the $22 billion company. Okerstrom is even talking about a path for Expedia becoming number one in online travel. That's definitely something we haven't heard publicly articulated in awhile.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 7 years ago