Britain’s Office Of Fair Trading (OFT) is investigating the recent acquisitions of Trivago by Expedia and Kayak by Priceline.
UK regulator to investigate Expedia and Priceline meta acquisitions
February 27, 2013 By 2 Comments
A Katz fight at a pivotal moment — Ex-CEO of Orbitz takes on Google brand-killing
June 11, 2012 By 1 Comment
Jeff Katz, the CEO of Nextag who formerly headed Orbitz and Swissair, picked a fight with Google in the runup to a July 2 European Union deadline.
What is the value of web-based competitions for travel brands? Apparently quite a lot
April 25, 2012 By 2 Comments
Back in February this year, tour operator Contiki launched what appeared to some be a rather complicated competition.
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YouTube, StreetView, Facebook and music integration – all for a travel competition?
February 15, 2012 By 1 Comment
The lengths travel brands will go to these days to come up with a competition idea. The latest being a mashup of YouTube, Google Maps and Streetview, Facebook and music.
Expedia takes bragging rights for largest ever prize draw on Facebook
April 1, 2011 By 3 Comments
A milestone of sorts for Expedia after launching what it claims is the biggest ever giveaway on Facebook, handing over $1 million worth of travel products at users.
Amadeus unveils competition to improve the travel experience
December 15, 2010 By 2 Comments
Travel technology giant Amadeus is launching a global initiative to find new ideas to “help transform the travel experience”.
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Beware of competitions on the web, nowhere to hide for Zugu
June 6, 2010 By 3 Comments
When price comparison website Cheapflights unveiled its metasearch offshoot Zugu in February it backed the launch with a fun social media competition.
GAP Adventures turn for dream job-picture-trip online competition
February 8, 2010 By 2 Comments
GAP Adventures is the latest in what is becoming an increasingly long line of travel companies to turn to online competitions to raise their profile.
How Expedia handled the crisis, took ‘air out of the competition’
January 6, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Dara Khosrowshahi, the Expedia Inc. president and CEO, was getting downright philosophical about the crisis the company faced a year or so ago, the situation that led to its fee-cutting frenzy.
“I think it was [White House Chief-of-Staff] Rahm Emanuel who said, ‘Never let a good crisis go to waste,’” Khosrowshahi says, drawing some laughs from the crowd at Citi’s 20th Annual Global Entertainment, Media & Telecommunications Conference in San Francisco Jan. 5.
The end result was Expedia eliminated air and reduced hotel booking fees and took a pretty good whack at Orbitz and Travelocity.
