Dennis Schaal, Skift
We don't know if it was really "a supermodel" and her tiny dog that William Shatner dispatched to Priceline.com headquarters in the late 1990s to do due dilgence on the company, but we do know that Shatner, who smashed a guitar during one shoot, was highly talented and broke new ground for an emerging brand.
3 years ago
Dennis Schaal, Skift
Ctrip did its own thing and adapted to conditions in China when it was created but its founders were very much aware of what was going on in the rest of the world, including the development of search engines, as well as Travelocity, Expedia and Priceline. One of the things that differentiated Ctrip from the outset was it appreciated the outsized importance of technology.
3 years ago
Dennis Schaal, Skift
Booking.com rode the agency model, which is attractive for its lack of complexity in forging online travel agency-hotel relationships and consumer-friendliness, into the growth engine of a $68 billion business. Its executives did so by ignoring the trendiness of the crowds and sticking to their own beliefs and vision.
3 years ago
Jason Clampet, Skift
We're not giving away all the good stuff. You still need to read the entire thing.
3 years ago
Hannah Sampson, Skift
We dig into Skift's new opus on online travel and get some behind-the-scenes insight from its author.
3 years ago
Rafat Ali, Skift
Two decades after the birth of online travel, more than two dozen founders and key players exclusively tell Skift how it all happened. This is a story of a history that changed the future of travel forever. Dig in, this will take a while.
3 years ago