Articles tagged “orbitz”

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TripAdvisor Is a Key Focus of the Expedia-Orbitz Merger Investigation

TripAdvisor is already a must-have for travel marketers, including Expedia and Booking.com. But how big a force the Justice Department believes TripAdvisor will become in hotel booking in the near future could be an Orbitz-Expedia deal-maker or breaker.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 9 years ago

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Expedia Can’t Be Happy as Orbitz Worldwide Limps Toward the Finish Line

Orbitz Worldwide's second quarter of 2015 results sent a really bad signal. Companies about to be acquired usually put up a better front. What happens if regulators block the Expedia acquisition? The downward spiral could be tough to stop.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 9 years ago

Hotels

American Hotel & Lodging Association Opposes Expedia-Orbitz Merger

Expedia's acquisition of Orbitz Worldwide would indeed limit consumer choice. However, what the American Hotel & Lodging Association doesn't mention is that Expedia-Orbitz would only control about 15 percent of the overall U.S. travel market when you consider hotels' own websites, phone lines and offline options in general.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 9 years ago

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Expedia-Orbitz Merger Approval Could Be Soon as U.S. Senators Ask Justice Department to Take Hard Look

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 9 years ago

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Why the Justice Department Won’t Block Expedia-Orbitz Deal Despite the Noise

With the emergence of TripAdvisor and Google as online travel agency alternatives and Amazon waiting in the wings if it ever figures out what it wants to do in travel, all the signs point toward an increasingly competitive online travel agency market in the U.S. These are factors the DOJ will consider when mulling the Expedia-Orbitz deal.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 9 years ago

Online Travel

Travelport Stung by Lower Revenue From Orbitz and Europe

Travelport will have to learn to navigate its air bookings segment without the swimmies Orbitz gave the company for a decade.

Dan Peltier, Skift | 9 years ago

Online Travel

Expedia CEO Says Its Acquisitions Will Mean Lower Consumer Prices

In a twist, Expedia is now arguing that consolidation in the travel market -- i.e. Expedia acquiring everything that isn't bolted down -- will benefit consumers because prices will come down. That hasn't happened in the airline industry but we'll see how it plays out for hotel rates.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 9 years ago

Media and PR

Travel Brands That Don’t Understand Social Media Will Perish

Outsiders aren't as impressed with the social media efforts of the tourism industry as the tourism industry is.

Daniel Peltier, Skift | 9 years ago

Media and PR

What Travel Brands Need to Know About Facebook’s New Updates

Facebook is focusing its laser on Messenger and third-party app partnerships to retain and monetize its audience.

Joyce Manalo, Skift | 9 years ago

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Expedia and Orbitz Get Second Request For Documents from Justice Department

Unlike in the Google-ITA Software acquisition process, there is no organized, public campaign to stop Expedia's acquisition of Orbitz. But that doesn't man that competitors aren't whispering to the DOJ that the deal is bad for competition.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 9 years ago