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Articles tagged “kayak”

Online Travel

How Microsoft Squandered a Chance to Be a Force in Travel

Whether Bing Travel/Farecast could have made it and competed just based on the flight prediction differentiator is open to debate, but Microsoft Bing never even gave it a try.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 10 years ago

How Microsoft Squandered a Chance to Be a Force in Travel

Online Travel

Orbitz Gets Friendly With TripAdvisor After Kayak Relationship Ends

Alliances are shifting in online travel as Orbitz cozies up to TripAdvisor after several years of bad blood between Kayak and Orbitz. TripAdvisor may have found a partner in Orbitz for help in booking hotels directly within TripAdvisor's mobile apps.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 10 years ago

Orbitz Gets Friendly With TripAdvisor After Kayak Relationship Ends

Online Travel

Kayak Revamps Vacation Packages With Recommendations for the Best Combinations

Kayak prides itself on doing things differently, and its book-on-Kayak vacation package recommendations may provide some additional savings. However, many travelers will be turned off by having to book them in two separate transactions.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 10 years ago

Kayak Revamps Vacation Packages With Recommendations for the Best Combinations

Online Travel

The Fast Bookers Vs. Intensive Researchers in Online Travel Booking

The fast bookers are going to be enabled more and more by mobile and continued evolution of efficient metasearch technologies. And understanding the behaviors of intensive researchers can help make user experience on online research and booking tools a lot better.

Rafat Ali, Skift | 10 years ago

The Fast Bookers Vs. Intensive Researchers in Online Travel Booking

Online Travel

Booking.com Going For a Shock And Awe Strategy in U.S. With Huge Expansion

An outsider might think the U.S. online travel market is already saturated, but Booking.com is proving that there is plenty of room to grow in the U.S., and competitors are feeling the heat.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 10 years ago

Booking.com Going For a Shock And Awe Strategy in U.S. With Huge Expansion

Online Travel

Orbitz and Kayak End Five-Year Exclusive Relationship

Orbitz will feel the most pain from the end of its exclusive relationship with Kayak, and will try to make up for it by forging new relationships with other metasearch players around the world.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 10 years ago

Orbitz and Kayak End Five-Year Exclusive Relationship

Online Travel

Kayak Renews Contract with Google’s ITA Software

A couple of years ago the issue of whether Google/ITA would renew its contract with Kayak was considered an all-important issue of survival for Kayak and an antitrust issue for Google. Today the issue seems more of a yawn as Google Flight Search hasn't dominated anything.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 10 years ago

Kayak Renews Contract with Google’s ITA Software

Online Travel

Skyscanner Wants to Be a Global Player, Claims Its Growth Is on Steroids

For years Skyscanner launched a plethora of country domains as if it were a major global player, which it wasn't. Now it is finally starting to put a little meat on its bones outside of Europe, and its competitors are only now starting to pay attention.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 10 years ago

Skyscanner Wants to Be a Global Player, Claims Its Growth Is on Steroids

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

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

Hotels

Skift Q&A: Kayak CEO on Why Metasearch Competitors Can’t Keep Up

Steve Hafner acknowledges that flight ticket purchasing on Kayak still "sucks." He candidly admits that Kayak is taking some design inspiration from the Airbnb website, which he says balances exploration and transactions without overwhelming the user.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 10 years ago

Skift Q&A: Kayak CEO on Why Metasearch Competitors Can’t Keep Up