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.
Expedia takes bragging rights for largest ever prize draw on Facebook
April 1, 2011 By 3 Comments
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”.
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.
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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.
