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Airlines
Randofli hopefully will bring some stability to the Orbitz CFO operation. The company doesn't need any more diversions.
Dennis Schaal, Skift | 11 years ago
Online Travel
Orbitz had a grand vision that the Away network would add rich, inspirational content in multiple sectors that could drive transactions. That didn't happen.
It's tough to build your hotel business by laying off hotel-market managers. Still, having the dough to conduct more hotel marketing is mandatory if the company is to compete.
Thomas Korosec, Andrew Harris, Bloomberg | 11 years ago
Giving the head of your international businesses a monetary incentive to improve their performance is just plain old capitalism and a bow to human nature.
The latest CFO change at Orbitz Worldwide, coming just a few weeks before the company reports fourth quarter financial results, doesn't do much to portray an image of stability.
Media and PR
Orbitz, like all brands living online today, is tasked with producing creative original content to share via social media. In this case, it seems they’ve been more than happy to hand that responsibility over to a travel personality.
Samantha Shankman, Skift | 11 years ago
The incremental changes in year-over-year airfares and room rates rarely impact the boom of holiday travel, which annually boosts the economies of those destinations that reach the top of the list.
At this point, travelers would need to be creative if they want to beat the rush on Thanksgiving.
Skift | 11 years ago
The reaction has been muted, for most part, as industry players and analysts wait to see how the Priceline-Kayak deal plays out.
Rafat Ali, Skift | 11 years ago
