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Articles tagged “online booking”

Travel Booking

TripAdvisor CEO Was Coy About Pullback in Meta Advertising Business

TripAdvisor CEO Stephen Kaufer was extremely political today in his response to questions about decreased advertising spend from metasearch partners. How the company will rejuvenate its hotel booking product remains an unanswered question as well.

Andrew Sheivachman, Skift | 6 years ago

TripAdvisor CEO Was Coy About Pullback in Meta Advertising Business

Travel Booking

TripAdvisor Hotel Bookings Continue to Slide as Non-Hotel Business Surges

Try as it might, TripAdvisor is still struggling to gain traction with its hotel booking product. Non-hotel growth has been picking up the slack, and one has to wonder whether an even stronger focus outside of hotels is on the horizon soon.

Andrew Sheivachman, Skift | 6 years ago

TripAdvisor Hotel Bookings Continue to Slide as Non-Hotel Business Surges

Business Travel

To Understand Personalization, Corporate Travel Looks to Consumer Travel

Travel management companies are finally looking to approach corporate travel from a more traveler-centric perspective. The pressure is on to shift to a more progressive approach to travel technology, iterating based on what travelers actually want.

Andrew Sheivachman, Skift | 7 years ago

To Understand Personalization, Corporate Travel Looks to Consumer Travel

Airlines

New U.S. Rules Could Bring Unprecedented Change to Booking Flights Online

The U.S. Department of Transporation wants to take a hard look at the distribution methods of U.S. airlines. While it's unclear if any regulation will indeed take place, a move to increase transparency in airfares and schedules would effectively empower online booking sites and metasearch providers while removing a powerful revenue management tool that airlines have used for two decades.

Andrew Sheivachman, Skift | 8 years ago

Online Travel

Understanding Expedia’s Competitive Position and Where It’s Headed

Whilst tech-innovation and hotels direct booking campaigns bring new challenges to the OTA world, Expedia has kept a solid growth over the past years and has a steady eye on upcoming disruptions.

Dave Montali, Skift | 8 years ago

Understanding Expedia’s Competitive Position and Where It’s Headed

Business Travel

American Express GBT Acquires KDS in Push to Accelerate Online Booking

While this acquisition was surely already in the works, it will be interesting to see if former Carlson Wagonlit Travel head Doug Anderson's tenure at American Express GBT leads to even more industry consolidation.

Andrew Sheivachman, Skift | 8 years ago

Business Travel

Corporate Travel Still Doesn’t Get Mobile Booking or the Sharing Economy

While corporate travel management companies are still playing catch up to the leisure space when it comes to the sharing economy and online booking, it seems like their executives have realized the scope of the problems they face and are looking to increase the pace of innovation going forward.

Andrew Sheivachman, Skift | 8 years ago

Corporate Travel Still Doesn’t Get Mobile Booking or the Sharing Economy