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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 Says Aloha! to OpenTable and Sayonara! to Competition

2014-06-16 by Phil Butler

William Shatner

Priceline buying restaurant reservation website OpenTable for $2.6 billion shows the expansion of the hospitality space growing ever more competitive. It was only a matter of time until restaurants became a bigger part of the tourism mix. If ever there were an “all in one” travel company emerging, Priceline may have just bid Sayonara! to its competition.

Tags: booking, buuteeq, hotel booking, OpenTable, OTA's, restaurant booking, William Shatner

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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