Articles tagged “yahoo”

India's Oyo should feel at home in Japan, home of its biggest financier SoftBank. But will this automatically translate to success for Oyo? This is why it is starting its expansion in Japan with a new long-stay model.

By popular demand, we're live streaming select sessions from Skift Global Forum on the Yahoo Finance homepage. Mark your calendars and tune in.

It's always a shame to see a travel site go away, especially one that was never scared to chase clicks in cheeky, creative ways.

Travel companies commonly face the question of how to expand beyond their home markets. In China, Scotland-based Skyscanner went the acquisition route in 2014, acquiring fellow metasearch site Youbibi. In Japan, Skyscanner hopes a joint venture with Yahoo Japan will be the answer.

On one hand, Yahoo is getting the milk for free, and on the other they're paying for the cow full-time.

Candy cane themed visuals were overshadowed by listicles about winter and beach destinations.

Yahoo Travel opted to reach a deal with a search site, Hipmunk, which means in some cases users will have to navigate to Hipmunk and then navigate again to an online travel agency, airline or hotel site to complete their bookings. A little clunky, although Hipmunk also provides direct bookings on Hipmunk.com in some instances.

There were two interesting announcements from major travel sites April 28: TripAdvisor added Wendy Perrin, formerly of Conde Nast Traveler, as its travel advocate, and Yahoo Travel relaunched with an emphasis on editorial, but also very heavy on travel inspiration and sponsored content. TripAdvisor has one of the most well-rounded travel sites on earth, and Yahoo is being Yahoo.

We're looking forward to a re-invigorated Yahoo Travel. Should make things interesting.