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Articles tagged “metasearch”

Online Travel

TripAdvisor Levels the Playing Field for Hotels in its Apps

TripAdvisor is injecting a healty dose of competition into hotel metasearch, and is finding a way to give hotels more power in a way that competitors aren't doing. Funny how things change: TripAdvisor, hotels' best friend.

TripAdvisor Levels the Playing Field for Hotels in its Apps

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.

Interview: Skyscanner CEO on Mobile and Direct Bookings

Online Travel

Interview: Orbitz CEO On the Future of Travel Booking and Loyalty

Will the immediacy of Orbitz Worldwide's loyalty program redemption be a difference-maker in helping to build its global hotel business? CEO Barney Harford is counting on it.

Interview: Orbitz CEO On the Future of Travel Booking and Loyalty

Online Travel

7 Data Points Hidden Inside TripAdvisor’s Quarterly Report

The growth rate of people using TripAdvisor's hotel metasearch product, Hotel Shopper, has been decelerating. Perhaps TripAdvisor's next TV ad campaign will provide more of a direct tie-in to Hotel Shopper rather than its current generic bent, "Visit TripAdvisor New York" etc.

7 Data Points Hidden Inside TripAdvisor’s Quarterly Report

Hotels

The Hard Numbers on Why Hotels are Losing the Online Booking Wars

In the beginnings of travel metasearch there were rumblings that it was going to be an outlet that favored suppliers such as airlines and hotels. In the hotel sphere, it has all turned out to be the opposite with online travel agencies dominating the scene.

Online Travel

The Next Chapter in the Convergence of Booking Sites and Metasearch

A metasearch-like advertisement on an online travel agency site isn't going to get anywhere near the the sort of clout that sites such as TripAdvisor, Google and Kayak can wield, but it enables OTA sites to get into metasearch in a modest way to appease consumers' inclination to comparison-shop without taking a lot of the risk.

The Next Chapter in the Convergence of Booking Sites and Metasearch

SkiftX

Skyscanner Acquires Chinese Search Site Youbibi

This acquisition makes total sense for China, which now has a home-grown company to build its China footprint.

Skyscanner Acquires Chinese Search Site Youbibi

Hotels

Trivago to Launch Hostel and Shared Room Search

Trivago's new shared-room search reflects the born-again trendiness of hostels -- which are no longer called youth hostels -- and apartment shares. Booking.com and Kayak already have it, and others will add it.

Trivago to Launch Hostel and Shared Room Search

SkiftX

Momondo Raises $8.3 Million for More Online Travel Acquisitions

Seems like a small amount of buying anything substantial, if you see startup valuations these days. It may need a lot more if it wants to make a difference against tough competition.

Momondo Raises $8.3 Million for More Online Travel Acquisitions

Online Travel

Vacation Rental Site Tripping Secures Series A Funding

Metasearch has plenty of potential and hard work to do in vacation rentals as the wide swath of owners and other hosts are really just beginning to come online. Tripping could be part of the next generation of such metasearch sites.

Vacation Rental Site Tripping Secures Series A Funding