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Articles tagged “otas”

Hotels

Florida court sides with online travel agencies on hotel taxes

Win one in Florida, lose one in Hawaii ... the hotel tax issue for online travel agencies has dragged on across the country for nine years. The OTAs have won most of the cases, but there have been important setbacks along the way.

Christine Sexton, Bloomberg | 11 years ago

Online Travel

Study finds online booking giants aren’t satisfying travelers like they used to

Consumers have more options than ever before from fresh-faced startups to familiar search engines so despite OTAs’ legacy in the industry, they’ll have to keep innovating to keep up with the competition.

Skift | 11 years ago

Hotels

Hotel booking site DealAngel offers pricing intelligence API to developers

Hotel booking and trip planning websites are finding a new revenue outlet in offering their APIs to startups, but in some cases the move to take their software from consumer facing to B2B marks a lack of pickup among customers.

Skift | 11 years ago

Hotels

Startup Globa.li tries to take bookings for African hotels and tours into the 21st century

It’s not a new platform that’s needed to take these tourism companies online, but a grassroots efforts to update their technology to process online payments.

Skift | 12 years ago

Startup Globa.li tries to take bookings for African hotels and tours into the 21st century

Online Travel

Russia’s Ostrovok besting Expedia in hotel booking choices

Booking.com has built its success on the pay-at-the-hotel model, and if more online travel agencies such as Ostrovok and Expedia transition to hybrid models, it will be interesting to see if that forces Booking.com to make changes of its own.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 12 years ago

Russia’s Ostrovok besting Expedia in hotel booking choices

Online Travel

MakeMyTrip and Ctrip.com growth disappoints investors two years after going public

Investors had high hopes for the most popular online travel sites emerging India and China, but it looks like travelers are turning to more established American brands like Expedia and Google.

Skift | 12 years ago

MakeMyTrip and Ctrip.com growth disappoints investors two years after going public

Online Travel

Travel stocks show no signs of slowing down

Stocks prices continue to climb for Kayak, Expedia, and Priceline with growth on the horizon, and they've lived to tell the tale after Google’s entrance on the travel scene.

Skift | 12 years ago

Online Travel

Liberty Travel opens NYC Flagship store, a surprising sign of the travel agency’s tenacity

Although this is the first US flagship store in the travel agency’s 60-year history, it has plans to build 15 additional domestic locations over the next 5 years. Who knew?

Samantha Shankman, Skift | 12 years ago

Airlines

Airlines still sneaking in extra charges for UK passengers that pay with debit cards

The fight for airfare transparency continues; this time headed by UK booking site Flybe that says it has altered its fare displays and wants other airlines, including easyJet and Aer Lingus, to do the same.

Oliver Smith, The Daily Telegraph | 12 years ago

Online Travel

CheapAir.com launches Easy Search for fliers too lazy to punch in destination and dates

CheapAir.com needs to come up with something more ingenious than this to break into the booking big leagues.

Hugo Martin, Los Angeles Times | 12 years ago