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Articles tagged “skyscanner”

Hotels

Why Expedia or Priceline Might Just Be the Next Great Hotel Brand

Whether or not you agree with this, it's certainly an idea worth contemplating as everyone and everything in the travel industry are beginning to converge. Whatever you decide, please don't shoot the messenger.

Deanna Ting, Skift | 6 years ago

Why Expedia or Priceline Might Just Be the Next Great Hotel Brand

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Skyscanner Buys Social-Review Site Twizoo in Escalating Content Drive

Two deals in the space of a week show how serious Skyscanner is about improving the content it offers to customers. The days of it being a pure price-comparison site are definitely over.

Patrick Whyte, Skift | 7 years ago

Skyscanner Buys Social-Review Site Twizoo in Escalating Content Drive

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Ctrip Buys Trip.com for Skyscanner to Enhance Local Recommendations

Ctrip-backed Skyscanner will tap in-destination content from social reviews company Trip.com. But is the acquiring company's true plan to further mobile engagement? Or is it to nab a domain name that may be appeal more to Americans than Ctrip.com -- or Alibaba's Fliggy?

Sean O'Neill, Skift | 7 years ago

Ctrip Buys Trip.com for Skyscanner to Enhance Local Recommendations

Online Travel

Priceline Bought Momondo and That Was Far Different From Ctrip’s Skyscanner Acquisition

Priceline's acquisition of Momondo strengthens Kayak in regions where it had less market share, including the UK, Nordics, and Russia. Keeping Momondo out of the hands of a rival, or a potential one, also protects the Kayak brand and Priceline as a whole.

Jared Wein, Skift | 7 years ago

Priceline Bought Momondo and That Was Far Different From Ctrip’s Skyscanner Acquisition

Online Travel

Skyscanner Deal Is Starting to Work Out For Ctrip

Skyscanner is boosting Ctrip's margins, and Skyscanner's new instant booking service shows promise as a way to propel future growth.

Sean O'Neill, Skift | 7 years ago

Skyscanner Deal Is Starting to Work Out For Ctrip

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Kayak Acquires Assets of Struggling Brazilian Metasearch Company Mundi

Skyscanner had been sniffing around Brazil's homegrown metasearch leader Mundi and checking its books. Kayak appears to have swooped in to shore up market share.

Sean O'Neill, Skift | 7 years ago

Kayak Acquires Assets of Struggling Brazilian Metasearch Company Mundi

Online Travel

Ctrip and Skyscanner: A Look at How the Deal Went Down

Ctrip’s purchase of Skyscanner continued the trend of metasearch consolidation and should provide Ctrip with support for its outbound and inbound businesses.

Jared Wein, Skift | 7 years ago

Ctrip and Skyscanner: A Look at How the Deal Went Down

Online Travel

Skyscanner Is Seeing Growth in Its Hotel and Car Rental Business

While it's interesting to note Skyscanner's growth in hotels and car hire, commission from flight searches is still the source of most of its revenue. It seems likely that the company will look to take a bigger slice of the airline market rather than push too hard into other areas.

Patrick Whyte, Skift | 7 years ago

Skyscanner Is Seeing Growth in Its Hotel and Car Rental Business

Online Travel

5 Takeaways on the Future of Travel Search and Booking

If you think metasearch revolutionized the act of shopping for travel, wait until these sites truly harness all the data out there.

Sarah Enelow, Skift | 7 years ago

5 Takeaways on the Future of Travel Search and Booking

Online Travel

What Ctrip Looks For When Buying Other Companies

Zhou's comments point to more deals for companies outside China, similar to the one for Skyscanner, and with plenty of money to spend it looks like it could be a very busy few years.

Patrick Whyte, Skift | 7 years ago

What Ctrip Looks For When Buying Other Companies