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Airbnb usage slowing, OTAs should seize opportunity

By Kevin May | November 13, 2017

Adoption of Airbnb has started to flatten sooner than some analysts have expected, with online travel agencies tipped as likely beneficiaries. Read More

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In The Big Chair - Mark Okerstrom of Expedia Inc

By Kevin May | November 7, 2017

The former-CFO of the company talks to Kevin May about keeping an eye on Google, what the direct debate should really be about, and diversity in the company. Read More

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Expedia Affiliate Network gets in on accelerator trend with Hotel Jumpstart

By Linda Fox | October 18, 2017

Expedia Affiliate Network, alongside sister-brand Hotels.com, is the latest travel company to launch an accelerator programme. Hotel Jumpstart, as the initiative is called, will provide startups wi Read More

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Expedia CEO Mark Okerstrom on learnings from Dara, continuing Expedia's culture and global growth

By Nick Vivion | September 25, 2017

Former Expedia boss Dara Khosrowshahi surprised much of the business world with his decision to move over to the top job at beleaguered rideshare behemoth Uber. After the initial shock of the decis Read More

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Hoteliers need to think wifi not Weibo to satisfy Chinese outbound

By Martin Cowen | July 25, 2017

The sixth edition of hotels.com's annual Chinese International Travel Monitor identifies a disconnect between what hoteliers are doing for their Chinese travellers and what the travellers actually wan Read More

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TRVL raises $2.7 million round and pivots to traveller-becomes-agent model

By Kevin May | May 31, 2017

TRVL is celebrating turning itself from travel content aggregator to a hotel booking platform with a $2.7 million capital-raise. The company made the switch this year after hinting at a change in l Read More

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Expedia boosted by HomeAway performance in first financials of 2017

By Kevin May | April 28, 2017

Expedia Inc has bumped its revenue up by 15% year-on-year in the first quarter of 2017 to $2.2 billion across the group. The best performing business units within the company, in terms of revenue g Read More

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When a startup claims it is stealing business from Booking.com

By Kevin May | February 15, 2017

BidRoom is the same as countless other startups in the travel industry when they claim to be disrupting bookings or solving travel planning, etc. Many newbies coming into the sector often say they Read More

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Hotels.com gives travellers a full-service mobile app when in-destination

By Kevin May | January 10, 2017

Hotels.com is teaming up with a myriad of companies to help power a new mobile app that it hopes will be everything a traveller needs once they arrive on a trip. Ignoring the fact that many of its Read More

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TripAdvisor gets Instant Booking nod from Expedia

By Kevin May | December 20, 2016

Just over 12 months on from what was heralded as a major development in its drive to offer Instant Bookings for hotels, TripAdvisor has now inked a deal with Expedia Inc. The Priceline Group was th Read More

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DNA analysis, 3D makers and neurotech to make for future hotel stays

By Linda Fox | December 13, 2016

With the help of Institute for Global Futures, Hotels.com has come up a forecast of what the hotel of the future might look like. The company describes the trends as 'super-tech meet super science' Read More

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Hotels.com tests a mobile app that generates a guest room key

By Sean O'Neil | December 8, 2016

Expedia Inc's online travel agency brand Hotels.com is testing a mobile app that will let guests check in and check out — and generate electronic room keys — at partner hotels. The prototype was de Read More

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Expedia eyes alternative accommodation bounty, plots HomeAway integration

By Kevin May | October 28, 2016

Expedia will begin including vacation rental listings from stablemate HomeAway in the next few months as the battle for alternative accommodation heats up. The online travel agency will finally hav Read More

News

Expedia axes strategy of dimming hotels that apparently offer low value

By Kevin May | September 21, 2016

A process where search results for some hotels are not shown in prominent positions or do not include types of media content has been scrapped by Expedia Inc. The group, which has the Expedia, Hote Read More

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Australia gives hotels more leeway to compete with Expedia and Booking.com

By Kevin May | September 2, 2016

Another nail in the parity coffin, perhaps, following an Australian regulator's move to restrict rate contracts by Booking.com and Expedia. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission says, Read More

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