Articles tagged “travelocity”

Online Travel

Travelocity Gives In, Sites To Be Powered by Expedia

Sabre has come up with its solution for Travelocity: Outsource its operation to Expedia. Sabre gets to basically offload a money-losing operation while holding on for now to its assets in Europe, possibly for a sale down the road.

Rafat Ali and Dennis Schaal, Skift | 11 years ago

Online Travel

Travelocity’s owners split over whether to sell the struggling booking site

A foreign buyer looking to make headway in an entry into the U.S. would be the most likely candidate to scoop up Travelocity from IPO-hungry Sabre.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 11 years ago

Business Travel

Travelocity sells off its corporate travel unit, focusing on consumer brand

Travelocity has struggled in recent years, and the acquisition can be seen as a way for parent company Sabre to cash in on a strategic asset.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 11 years ago

Hotels

Travelocity wins hotel-price fixing lawsuit skirmish

Forcing plaintiffs to individually arbitrate their claims of hotel-price-fixing against Travelocity would sabotage the class-action lawsuit if the ruling stands up. There undoubtedly will be further developments in this case.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 11 years ago

Media and PR

Top Travel Sites Then and Now: How Usability Has Evolved in Travel

Dennis Schaal and Jason Clampet, Skift | 11 years ago

Hotels

Local governments in New York get class action status in hotel tax suit

This is a significant lawsuit because it includes the hotel-rich New York City, which had been rebuffed in a previous case.

Joseph Ax, Reuters | 11 years ago

Online Travel

Hawaii adds $70 million penalty in tax case against major online travel companies

Online travel agencies now owe Hawaii a huge bill to comply with the state's general excise tax, and Hawaii hasn't even won the battle over hotel occupancy taxes yet. Hawaii, which is such a rich vacation market for the OTAs, is giving them a big migraine.

Anita Hofschneider, Associated Press | 11 years ago

Media and PR

Travelocity ad campaign is ready for prime time, but hotel product isn’t

It sounds as though Travelocity is betting that a new hotel offering, coming in a few months, will be somewhat of a game-changer. The Roaming Gnome's continued antics may depend on it.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 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

Online Travel

Travelocity shuts down India site as operating costs rise

Operating costs in Indian travel sector have been rising with various fees imposed by airlines on booking sites and government stepping in. Even the once high flyer MakeMyTrip saw its air ticket revenues drop dramatically. Travelocity saw the writing, it seems.

Nikhil Pahwa, Medianama | 11 years ago