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Priceline & Expedia: Fearing Airbnb Like the Klingons

2015-07-06 by Phil Butler

James T. Kirk wearing the Airbnb Star Fleet badge

A story on Skift this morning bears the headline; “Airbnb’s Growth Doesn’t Scare Priceline at All”. A big picture of William Shatner set to duke it out is as funny, given Priceline should be scared, that is. If only Priceline’s Star Fleet had integrated Airbnb!

Tags: AirBnb, Expedia, Morningstar, Mr. Sulu, OTA's, Piper Jaffray, Priceline, Spock, Star Fleet, William Shatner

Priceline 2014 Tourist Report Card is out

2014-09-18 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Priceline has just released its 2014 Tourist Report Card revealing the latest bits on “blending with the locals.” While most tourists think they blend in well with the people who play host to their travel excursions, the same cliche “touristy look” is still prevalent.

Tags: Anthony Bourdain, Chris Soder, OTA's, Priceline, tourists

Expedia Acquires Auto Escape Group

2014-07-30 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Auto Escape Group

Expedia has just announced completing its acquisition of Auto Escape Group, a leading European car rental entity online. The acquisition from private equity fund Montefiore Investment, tell of Auto Escape Group management migrating to the booking giant’s team as well.

Tags: car rentals, deals, Expedia, Priceline, travel companies

Priceline to Buy Kayak in $1.8 Billion Deal

2012-11-09 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Priceline (NASDAQ: PCLN) announced on Thursday an official agreement to purchase travel research and comparison site Kayak in a stock and cash transaction.

Tags: Kayak, Priceline, travel acquisitions

Big OTAs and Big Hotels in Price Fixing Lawsuit

2012-08-22 by Phil Butler

Class action versus OTAs

A federal lawsuit naming the likes of Expedia, Orbitz, Booking.com, Travelocity, Trump International Hotels Management, Intercontinental, Kimpton, Sabre Holdings, Priceline, Marriott, Starwood, and Hilton alleges the companies conspired to fix hotel room prices. According to the news from Reuters, the suit claims the travel giants did so in an effort to fend off competition from smaller online retailers.

Tags: Booking.com, buuteeq, Expedia, FairSearch, Global Hotel Exhange, Google, Google Travel, Hilton, hotels, InterContinental, ITA, Kimpton, Marriott, online travel, Orbitz, OTA's, price fixing, Priceline, rate parity, room prices, Sabre holdings, Starwood, Travelocity, treovi, Trump International Hotels Management

Whitbread Shares Get Caffeine Fix from Costa

2012-02-28 by Phil Butler

Costa Coffee, Whitbread caffeine fix

An article by Mark Wembridge at the Financial Times this morning speaks of a slowdown in UK hotel demand. According to a report from Whitbread, targeted hotel chain Premier Inn showed a drop in sales, as did others in and outside London.

Tags: Andy Harrison, Costa Coffee, Dubai International Capital, london hotels, Premier Inn, Priceline, UK hospitality, UK hotels, UK rooms, Whitbread

Agoda Goes Mobile with Free iPhone App

2011-07-13 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Agoda iPhone app

Agoda, the leading online booking portal in Asia, has announced a new iPhone application. Free for download, the app allows Agoda customers to view and book up-to-the-minute rates at more than 150,000 properties around the world.

Tags: Agoda, Asia travel, GPS apps, hotel booking, hotel booking app, hotels apps, iPhone apps, iPhone booking, iPhone travel, Iphone travel tools, iPhone utility, online travel, Priceline, Stay, Stay.com, travel apps, travel tools

Russia’s SAT & Agoda Join Forces

2011-02-21 by Phil Butler

SAT now offers hotels

Agoda.com, Priceline.com’s Asian global hotel booking site, announces partnering with Russia’s SAT Airlines. The resulting collaboration will allow SAT travelers instant access to Agoda’s over 150,000 hotels.

Tags: Agoda, airline industry, airlines, Asia flights, Asia travel, Asian hotels, Direct Connect, flight bookings, flights, hotel bookings, Priceline, PRWeb, Russia to Asia, Russia travel, Russian airlines, Russian Federation, SAT, seats, Vocus




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