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The data says: Global demand growth for Airbnb, TripAdvisor and Agoda

By Viewpoints | April 17, 2018

This is a viewpoint from Gitit Greenberg, director of digital insights at SimilarWeb. If you want to find the most innovative digital growth strategies, one of the best places to look is online t Read More

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Guesty adds Agoda to its vacation rental property management platform

By Mitra Sorrells | April 3, 2018

Guesty, a cloud-based system to manage short-term and vacation rental listings across multiple channels, is expanding its offerings with the integration of Agoda. Read More

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The state of influencer marketing for travel brands

By Mitra Sorrells | March 29, 2018

Photos, blog posts and other content shared by social media influencers can be an effective way for brands to communicate with consumers – particularly since surveys have found that between one-third to... Read More

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Booking Holdings reveals $12.7B revenue, goes lukewarm on Airbnb threat

By Mitra Sorrells | February 28, 2018

Booking Holdings – the new name for what was Priceline Group – showed significant growth across all sectors in 2017, with most key metrics up around 20%. Read More

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VIDEO: PhocusWire PundIT Show - Episode 8

By Kevin May | November 27, 2017

With almost three days of activity on-stage and lots of gossip in the hallways, our three guests have plenty to summarise from The Phocuswright Conference. Read More

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Priceline Group nets $720.2 million in second quarter, beating estimates

By Michele McDonald | August 8, 2017

The Priceline Group Inc. reported its second-quarter net income of $720.2 million, up from $580.6 million year over year. Gross travel bookings were $20.8 billion, an increase of 16% over a year ag Read More

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Priceline Group bookings soar by a quarter to hit $20 billion in three months

By Kevin May | May 9, 2017

The Priceline Group has seen gross bookings across the group for the first quarter of 2017 hit a record $20.7 billion. The increase of 24% year-on-year is more than $400 million compared to the sam Read More

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Google can rejoice: Priceline Group spent $3.5 billion on PPC in 2016

By Kevin May | February 28, 2017

No wonder travel companies find it hard to compete with the Priceline Group - the company splashed out a record $3.5 billion on marketing last year. Google was most likely the primary recipient of Read More

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Priceline Group scores big in 2016 as bookings soar by 23%

By Kevin May | February 27, 2017

The Priceline Group made $10.7 billion in revenue in 2016 - up from $9.2 billion in 2015 - and has seen a 40% jump in adjusted EBITDA. Agency revenues made up $7.9 billion of the overall pie. Gr Read More

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Priceline Group predicts rise of travel besties - smart tech that understands traveller needs

By Kevin May | November 21, 2016

"Instant Gratification 2.0" is how the Priceline Group is defining how tech will influence travellers as they look for and interact with travel brands. The industry powerhouse behind companies such Read More

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Booking.com eyes Asia-Pacific for next move in global domination chess game

By Kevin May | October 20, 2016

Be warned, Asia-Pacific: Booking.com has big ambitions for the region and wants to replicate the success it had in Europe. The Priceline Group-owned online travel agency carved out a considerable p Read More

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Priceline Group brings attention back to performance, 2016 bookings hit $16.7 billion

By Kevin May | May 4, 2016

Putting turbulence over its recently resigned CEO aside momentarily, Priceline Group today posted revenues of $2.1 billion for the first quarter of 2016. The group saw the exit of president and CEO Read More

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Artificial intelligence-based travel concierge - not hard to break it

By Kevin May | March 23, 2016

Trip planning startup Tripoto recently announced rather grandly that it has created the "world's first AI-based travel concierge". Online virtual assistants in the travel industry are not new by an Read More

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Priceline Group spent $2.8 billion on online advertising in 2015

By Kevin May | February 18, 2016

Little wake-up call shared today by the Priceline Group for consumer-facing startups thinking they can challenge the big boys and girls of the online travel world. In its fourth quarter and full ye Read More

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Priceline Group says fifth of room nights on Booking.com go to business travellers

By Kevin May | February 17, 2016

Booking.com is seeing a continued shift in the split between types of users on the service - with 20% going the way of business travellers. Umbrella company, The Priceline Group, says in its full y Read More

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