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Articles tagged “online travel agencies”

Travel Booking

Mobile Commerce’s Growing Opportunities for Travel: Latest Skift Research

Mobile is already the primary device for travel planning in the majority of the world. Still, mobile bookings are yet to surpass desktop bookings in volume or value. Undoubtedly, travel companies need to increase mobile investments while also deploying an overarching multi-device strategy to engage customers throughout.

Varsha Arora, Skift Research | 3 years ago

Mobile Commerce’s Growing Opportunities for Travel: Latest Skift Research

Online Travel

Does Google Hijack Travelers in Gmail?

Google's Gmail itinerary feature can be helpful to travelers — up to a point. But Google's execution of it is deceptive, and a disservice to its travel partners.

Dennis Schaal | 3 years ago

Does Google Hijack Travelers in Gmail?

Hotels

Pandemic Twist Emerges on Bookings for Hotels in Tussle With Online Resellers

Hotel companies have broadly resisted using aggregators such as Expedia and Booking.com for online sales so far during the recovery because of somewhat surprising factors. Yet the temptation remains.

Sean O'Neill | 3 years ago

Pandemic Twist Emerges on Bookings for Hotels in Tussle With Online Resellers

Online Travel

How Expedia Is Breaking Down Its Siloed Brands Approach

Wow, CEO Expedia Peter Kern isn't afraid of saying what he thinks.

Sean O'Neill | 3 years ago

How Expedia Is Breaking Down Its Siloed Brands Approach

Online Travel

Investor Actus to Inject Capital Into This Australian Luxury Online Travel Agency

Luxury Escapes, an e-commerce travel deals business, plans to raise as much as $70 million (A$100 million). Makes sense. Travel companies with capital in hand may be best-prepared for the pandemic rebound.

Sean O'Neill, Skift | 3 years ago

Investor Actus to Inject Capital Into This Australian Luxury Online Travel Agency

Online Travel

Spain’s eDreams Odigeo Claims to Spend Nothing to Market Its Booming Subscription Plan

Like any online travel agency, eDreams Odigeo spends plenty on marketing to obtain new customers, but is currently spending next to nothing outside its own channels on getting travelers to sign up for its "Prime" subscriptions. No YouTube or banner ads, but this could change soon.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 3 years ago

Spain’s eDreams Odigeo Claims to Spend Nothing to Market Its Booming Subscription Plan

Hotels

Brazil’s Miles-Based Flight Seller MaxMilhas Buys a Hotel Discounter

Many bootstrapped travel companies may prove more innovative than venture-backed ones during the pandemic. MaxMilhas is an example, given its distinctive approaches to selling flights and hotels.

Sean O'Neill, Skift | 3 years ago

Brazil’s Miles-Based Flight Seller MaxMilhas Buys a Hotel Discounter

Online Travel

Ranking Southeast Asia’s Online Travel Agencies: New Skift Research

The online travel market in Southeast Asia is a promising market, a rapidly growing region with a digitally engaged and highly aspirational middle class that is currently underserved. The industry dynamics are ever-evolving with OTAs endeavoring to do things differently in order to maintain and grow their slice of the market.

Varsha Arora | 3 years ago

Ranking Southeast Asia’s Online Travel Agencies: New Skift Research

Online Travel

Online Travel Hopper’s Metamorphosis From Flight Selling to Fintech

Travel startup Hopper has raised $175 million in additional investment, underscoring the potential of its financial services products and offering an interesting case study in new appetites in travel for fintech. It seems very much in the cards that the company will go public by, say, 2022.

Sean O'Neill, Skift | 3 years ago

Online Travel Hopper’s Metamorphosis From Flight Selling to Fintech

Online Travel

Indian Travel Startup Ixigo Files to Go Public to Raise $200 Million

Who knew that 2021 would be the year of travel IPOs?

Sean O'Neill, Skift | 3 years ago

Indian Travel Startup Ixigo Files to Go Public to Raise $200 Million