At a panel talk in London last night, representatives from the European divisions of these major online players revealed insights into their strategies, the limits to their growth, and which smaller startups in the market they admire the most.
Why TripAdvisor’s Expedia juice won’t last forever, in one chart
March 27, 2013 By Leave a Comment
For 2012, Expedia-related revenue accounted 26.7% of TripAdvisor revenues, down from 33% in 2011. The companies are parting paths.
Five tips from Expedia on how hotels can convert OTA traffic into bookings in 2013
March 14, 2013 By 4 Comments
Expedia’s Josh Saunders, director of market management, recommends five conversion tactics to maximize your hotel’s return with its online travel agency.
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UK regulator to investigate Expedia and Priceline meta acquisitions
February 27, 2013 By 2 Comments
Britain’s Office Of Fair Trading (OFT) is investigating the recent acquisitions of Trivago by Expedia and Kayak by Priceline.
Google may drop screen scraping of TripAdvisor and Yelp content to get government off its back
December 17, 2012 By 6 Comments
US regulators may end their antitrust investigation of Google’s search business by letting the company make voluntary changes, such as limiting use of restaurant and travel reviews from other websites, say two news reports.
OTAs outshine metasearch sites in sending traffic to air and hotel suppliers, says study
December 13, 2012 By 1 Comment
In the past year, traffic to metasearch sites spiked 13%, yet metasearch sites are managing only to persuade 2% of users to click through to the sites of travel suppliers, according to new research from PhoCusWright.
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The Scan: Expedia debuts travel management for small business, Travelocity adds live chat to TripCase
September 13, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Expedia partners with Chase to give basic travel management to small businesses, and more items in our roundup of news for today.
The Scan: Expedia opens a huge R&D center in India, WolframAlpha analyzes your Facebook account, and more
August 31, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Expedia is hiring for its newest and largest R&D center in Asia, WolframAlpha makes it easy to get all sorts of data on your Facebook activity, and more items in our roundup.
Morning Scan: Apple may add fingerprint ID to Passbook, Expedia hires ad stars
August 17, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Apple may have bought Authentec because it wants to add swipe sensor technology to its devices, say legal findings.
Expedia wants guests to choose when to pay for a hotel
August 7, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Expedia is slowly testing its Expedia Traveler Preference (ETP) program as a new payment model.
