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Articles tagged “wholesalers”

Online Travel

Amoma.com Troubles May Delight Hoteliers That Hate Its Rate Discounting

Hoteliers probably disliked Amoma.com more than any other online travel agency in the past few years. Amoma often undercut hoteliers on price. Now its reported troubles may have repercussions across the hotel and online travel industry for companies like Hotelbeds, Google, and Booking.com.

Sean O'Neill, Skift | 5 years ago

Amoma.com Troubles May Delight Hoteliers That Hate Its Rate Discounting

Online Travel

How Australia’s Webjet Is Building a Global Business by Going Wholesale

Webjet has really transformed its business over the past few years through a couple of sizable acquisitions. The Australian consumer market is proving pretty tough, so pursuing a strategy of global expansion in the wholesale arena makes sense.

Patrick Whyte, Skift | 5 years ago

How Australia’s Webjet Is Building a Global Business by Going Wholesale

Business Travel

Four Seasons and Costco Direct-Booking Efforts Irk Travel Advisors

A recent Today Show segment touting Costco Travel is riling ASTA, as are Four Seasons ads on Facebook promising perks for direct bookings. Travel advisors are irked as well, but are finding ways to hold their own.

Maria Lenhart, Skift | 5 years ago

Four Seasons and Costco Direct-Booking Efforts Irk Travel Advisors

Online Travel

Hotels Struggle to Stop Resellers From Undercutting Their Rates

Consumers often wonder where they can find the lowest rate for a hotel room online. Oddly enough, a hotel's managers may not know the answer. Mysteriously discounted rates from small sites and apps are popping up more often online, even in markets like the U.S. where a few hotel groups dominate.

Sean O'Neill, Skift | 5 years ago

Hotels Struggle to Stop Resellers From Undercutting Their Rates

Online Travel

Hotelbeds Eyes a Viable Wholesaler Path in the Shadows of Priceline and Expedia

Since 2016, the quiet wholesaler marketplaces for hotel supply have become noisy as private equity firms invested $2.9 billion to make Hotelbeds Group a market leader. Expect more consolidation.

Sean O'Neill, Skift | 7 years ago

Hotelbeds Eyes a Viable Wholesaler Path in the Shadows of Priceline and Expedia

Online Travel

Tourico Holidays Tunes Up Its Technology After Hotelbeds Merger

The wholesale travel sector is under pressure from shifts in how hotel companies distribute their rooms. Tourico's new tech for agencies and airlines may help boost sales and margins in the face of these trends.

Sean O'Neill, Skift | 7 years ago

Hotels

Hotelbeds Agrees to Buy Wholesaler GTA

Hotelbeds appears determined to buy up the competition in order to retain its dominant position. What is unclear though is what happens to Kuoni Group once the transaction completes as GTA represents almost two-thirds of its turnover. Will it continue on as a smaller company or continue to be broken up?

Patrick Whyte, Skift | 7 years ago

Hotelbeds Agrees to Buy Wholesaler GTA

Hotels

Interview: Apple Leisure’s CEO on the Future of the Luxury All-Inclusive Vacation

Apple Leisure Group is competing with cruise lines to attract the business of American travelers to Mexico and the Caribbean. Like cruise lines trying to win over first-time cruisers, Apple Leisure Group is attempting to get Americans who have never had a passport before to get off the couch and experience their first foreign vacations.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 9 years ago

Interview: Apple Leisure’s CEO on the Future of the Luxury All-Inclusive Vacation