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Las Vegas, a Top Choice for Memorial Day 2012

2012-05-16 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Las Vegas panorama

Celebrating 10 years of publishing its Top Ten Memorial Day Destinations report, Priceline.com announced the winners of 2012, with Las Vegas’s North Strip area atop, followed by Chicago’s tony North Michigan Avenue, which ranks second. Based exclusively on booking requests, Priceline’s annual survey is considered to be one of the most accurate predictors of holiday […]

Tags: Las Vegas, Priceline annual survey, Priceline.com, Top 50 Destinations List For Memorial Day 2012

Will Expedia’s “Verified” Reviews Fly?

2012-01-02 by Phil Butler

Expedia losing ground

Last week, Danny King over at Travel Weekly hit the nail on the head with his assessment of Expedia’s so called “verified” review system. Expedia Verified Reviews attempts to qualify hotel reviews using “use” of Expedia as a criteria. Having pushed TripAdvisor from the OTA nest on its own, Expedia seems intent on milking the last drop from the user review teat.

Tags: Danny King, Expedia, Expedia stock, Google, Google flights, Google Travel, hotel finder, market, option monster, Priceline.com, reviews, stocks, travel reviews, Travel Weekly, TripAdvisor, verifiable reviews

OTA CEOs: Part III

2011-12-09 by Phil Butler

Reception and perception

Continuing our series on decision makers in the online travel world, Argo jumps back in to an interesting Q & A session between reporters from USA Today and leading CEOs. Veronica Gould Stoddart and Roger Yu caught up with 6 top bosses at the recent PhoCusWright conference in Hollywood, Fla. We take up where we left off, analyzing answers to some key tech trend questions.

Tags: Auggie Doggie, Barney Hartford, Carl Sparks, Expedia, GHX, Global Hotel Exchange, HotelNewsNow, Jason Q. Freed, Jeffery Boyd, Magnuson Hotels, online travel, Orbitz, Orbitz Worldwide, Priceline.com, Scott Durchslag, Tom Magnuson, Travelocity, TripAdvisor, USA TODAY

OTA CEOs: Part II

2011-12-07 by Phil Butler

Travel offerings from archaic OTAs

Yesterday we began a series on online travel agency CEOs, and a recent interview conducted by USA TODAY’s Veronica Gould Stoddart and Roger Yu. We analyzed a bit, some key decision makers’ mindset on the question of whether consumers want (will get) richer content from these industry giants during their travel searches. Expedia, Orbitz, TripAdvisor, parent Expedia, Travelocity, and Priceline bosses all had their views there.

Tags: Barney Harford, Carl Sparks, CEO, Expedia, Jeffery Boyd, Orbitz, OTA's, Priceline.com, Scott Durchslag, travel companies, Travelocity, TripAdvisor

OTA CEOs and Who Has Your Back: Part I

2011-12-05 by Phil Butler

William Shatner for Priceline.com

What do you want from information providers? How about service providers that offer information you need to know to make decisions? Where online travel is concerned, there has been a lot of shakeup of late over these questions. Can you trust reviews? Which OTAs can you trust? We decided to micro-analyze some questions and answers already provided by none other than USA Today, and the leading bosses of your online travel agencies.

Tags: Chicago Tribune, Expedia, Huffington Post, Jeffery Boyd, Orbitz, Priceline.com, PRWeb, Stephen Kaufer, Travelocity, Travelport, TripAdvisor, UPI, William Shatner




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