Check-in.com.au, an Australian online travel agency, went in to liquidation yesterday. The cause of death appears to be rising search engine marketing costs.
A new problem for OTAs: Airline websites are outselling them in the US
May 2, 2013 By Leave a Comment
For the first time, more US fliers say they typically use airline websites to book airplane tickets than they use OTAs, says a new study from travel consultancy PhoCusWright.
Booking.com dominates in Switzerland as OTAs steal share from direct channels
March 22, 2013 By 3 Comments
Some interesting stats from eTourism Monitor here on who is dominating the online hotel world in Switzerland
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Russian OTA Oktogo nets $11 million round
March 13, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Venture capital firms participating in this round include VTB Capital, Mangrove Capital Partners and Ventech, while the angel investors are Javier Perez-Tenessa, Fabrice Grinda, and Jose Marin, says a report.
Speed demons and slowpokes: These are the travel industry benchmarks
February 27, 2013 By 2 Comments
Technology performance company Compuware has released their latest data on site speed, both on mobile and desktop, for various verticals.
US consumer travel spend booming, crossing major threshold in 2012
February 22, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Economy fretting aside, the United States saw a historic uptick in consumer travel spending, reaching $100 billion for the first time in 2012.
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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.
Turning tides: Travel agents losing steam as a cruise distribution channel
December 12, 2012 By 4 Comments
One area were travel agents were traditionally strong in spite of the emergence of online travel, was in cruise bookings. Yet, a recent report suggests that travel agents are losing the battle on the cruise front.
Forget Street View: HeliView adds an aerial twist on hotel shopping and boosts conversion rates
December 7, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Users of a German OTA can fly from hotel to hotel, comparing properties, using an overhead tour of destinations based on aerial videos shot by helicopter.
Putting the supplier cart before the distributor horse in travel
November 26, 2012 By 29 Comments
Imagine yourself walking into a grocery store. The shelves are stocked full of brightly labeled cans and boxes of goods. You gaze in awe at the vast selection of product.
