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Nickels & Dimes & Billions: Ancillary Revenue Notes

2011-11-21 by Phil Butler

A la carte travel menu

An article just the other day at Travel Agent Central hints at just how deep the well of ancillary travel revenue may be. According to a cited Amadeus/IdeaWorks report, ancillary revenues could triple from $32 billion to over $100 billion on the heels of electronic miscellaneous documents (EMDs). But, the real story beneath transactions may be the […]

Tags: airlines, Amadeus, Amadeus/IdeaWorks, Avalon Waterways, Delta, EMD, Expedia, Fotolia, Gareth Williams, GDS, GHX, Global Hotel Exchange, IdeaWorks, Kayak, Magnuson Hotels, Mr & Mrs Smith, Orbitz, Skyscanner, Tom Magnuson, Travolution, TripIt, Walmart

Global Hotel Exchange Utilizes RateTiger Effect

2011-11-11 by Aleksandr Shatskih

GHX

On Tuesday, an new, independent OTA announced a strategical alignment with RateTiger. Global Hotel Exchange, a cost free distrubution channel for hotels to launch in January, will leverage the power of global hospitality technology provider Rate Tager and eRevMax.

Tags: Expedia, GHX, hotel booking, hotels, intellectual properties, IP law, Magnuson Hotels, Orbitz, OTA, Rate Tiger, securities, Tom Magnuson, UK hotels, US hotels, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

As Travel Costs Go Up, So Shall Profits…

2011-10-31 by Phil Butler

Things are looking up or down.

So far this year, there have to have been 50,000 news reports suggesting profits and growth are headed upward for the travel industry. And on the other hand, many are asking, “How?” Hotels starting to charge for tidbits of service like the airlines, currencies and countries on the brink, and the other side of news suggesting growth is impossible, what are we to believe?

Tags: airline outlook, airlines, COMFCOMF:IND, Expedia, fees, Gordon Ramsay, hotel bookings, hotel foreclosures, hotel outlook, Orbitz, OTA's, World hotels

Billions in Airline Fees – No Laughing Matter

2011-10-28 by Phil Butler

Extra baggage, the fees we get charged

An article by Hugo Martin in the Los Angeles Times yesterday reveals still more bad PR and just bad business for airlines. At a time when any industry can well afford negative news, over $1.5 billion in nickel – dime baggage charges and reservation fees makes America’s biggest air carriers seem anything but transparent.

Tags: air carriers, airline earnings, airline fees, American Airlines, baggage, Bureau of Transportation, Delta, DOT, earnings, fees, Hugo Martin, LA Times, Los Angeles Times, Orbitz, US Airways

Starwood Hotels & Resorts: The Luxury You’d Expect

2011-10-19 by Phil Butler

Luxury Collection Destination Guides

Starwood Hotels’ Luxury Collection Hotels & Resorts has released a limited edition US destination guide published by Assouline. Part of a set of bound books, the luxuriously crafted books show off the Luxury Collection’s most exquisite properties around the world.

Tags: American Airlines, city guides, Expedia, Facebook, Google Travel, Hotel guides, Luxury Collection, Luxury Collection Hotels & Resorts, Luxury Hotels, Orbitz, Sheraton, Social, Starwood, tourism, tourists, travel guides

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