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Articles tagged “online travel agencies”

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eDreams Odigeo Gives Up on Its Sales Process

It sounds like the potential buyers didn't accept the company's new strategy — or the buyers weren't willing to pay enough. Regardless, while it's certainly a risk, eDreams Odigeo is doing the right thing in diversifying its business and improving price transparency.

Patrick Whyte, Skift | 6 years ago

eDreams Odigeo Gives Up on Its Sales Process

Hotels

New Skift Research Analyst Session: Hotel Owner Operating and Branding Strategies

In our view, hotel owners stand to gain, as online travel agencies, brands, and disruptors like Airbnb all battle it out. Subscribe to Skift Research to learn more.

Rebecca Stone, Skift Research | 6 years ago

New Skift Research Analyst Session: Hotel Owner Operating and Branding Strategies

Airlines

Ryanair Signals Its Hotel Ambitions With New TV Ad Campaign

Behind the usual Ryanair bluster there usually lurks a sensible business idea. If the airline offers a better accommodation product to customers, then that should persuade some to stay away from Booking.com.

Patrick Whyte, Skift | 6 years ago

Ryanair Signals Its Hotel Ambitions With New TV Ad Campaign

Online Travel

Airbnb Mulled Integrating Skyscanner for Flights and Buying Hopper

Airbnb has sold investors on a growth story based, in part, on adding flights and other products. But selling flights is extremely complicated.

Sean O'Neill, Skift | 6 years ago

Airbnb Mulled Integrating Skyscanner for Flights and Buying Hopper

Online Travel

Google Travel Feeling Intensified Antitrust Pressure

Might 2018 be the year U.S. regulators take a hard look anew at Google's travel-business practices after declining to take action in 2012? We hope so, in the interests of fair play, although the Trump Administration has been keen to reduce government regulation of businesses, not increase it.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 6 years ago

Google Travel Feeling Intensified Antitrust Pressure

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Lastminute.com Group Speeds Pivot With Purchase of Germany’s Weg.de

Lastminute.com Group's attempt to wean itself off low margin flight-ticket sales gets accelerated with this deal. The relatively low purchase price makes it a relatively risk-free acquisition.

Patrick Whyte, Skift | 6 years ago

Lastminute.com Group Speeds Pivot With Purchase of Germany’s Weg.de

Online Travel

Online Travel Plunge Spurs Investor Wariness

When Priceline sneezes, the online travel industry catches a cold.

Sean O'Neill, Skift | 6 years ago

Online Travel Plunge Spurs Investor Wariness

Online Travel

Czech Website Creates Itineraries From Low-Cost and Legacy Carriers

The conventional wisdom is that major online travel agencies make it impossible for their smaller counterparts to break through. Kiwi.com is challenging that thesis, though it is very much early days.

Sean O'Neill, Skift | 7 years ago

Czech Website Creates Itineraries From Low-Cost and Legacy Carriers

Online Travel

Skyscanner Is Propelling Ctrip’s International Growth

Ctrip, along with its partially owned sister brand Qunar, dominates Chinese online travel sales, but it has begun to lean heavily on its recently acquired flight search company, Skyscanner, to boost overseas sales.

Sean O'Neill, Skift | 7 years ago

Skyscanner Is Propelling Ctrip’s International Growth

Online Travel

Despegar Hints at Its Latin American Travel Strategy After Successful IPO

With its IPO on Wednesday, Despegar became the world's seventh-largest online travel company by market cap. Its bosses talk a good game. But its major markets may have near-term hiccups ahead.

Sean O'Neill, Skift | 7 years ago

Despegar Hints at Its Latin American Travel Strategy After Successful IPO