Articles tagged “priceline”

The irony of Expedia and Priceline’s bloated ad and search campaigns is that they’re bumping up the bottom line of a direct competitor, Google.

On a logical basis, TripAdvisor might be sitting in an advantageous position as Priceline-Kayak and Expedia-Trivago battle it out. But, there's always the chance that Priceline and Expedia may not follow the script.

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.

Kayak and Priceline settled these class-action lawsuits quickly, clearing up the mess prior to the merger's consummation.

Priceline and Booking.com should feel some heat from Expedia and Trivago in Europe, where Kayak faces the sentiment that it is an American interloper.

Priceline will have to compete with other more established strategic arms and venture firms, and may soon realize it will need a more organized effort to get a quality deal flow.

Priceline's survey results speak clearly to why all the major hotel booking sites have invested heavily in mobile apps that make last-minute reservations as seamless as they can be.

Priceline is buying a much smaller, younger travel tech company in Kayak, but one that has earned a lot of fans for its innovation.

The culture clash between relatively button-down Priceline and sometimes sockless and irreverent Kayak couldn't be more stark. But Kayak will operate semi-independently and the merger may finally help Kayak become the global brand that Priceline's Boyd thinks it can become.

It will take couple of quarters before the deal closes, so Kayak will still have couple of opportunities to report separate earnings.