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Priceline Group pumps in additional $250 million into Ctrip

By Kevin May | May 26, 2015

Just days after Expedia Inc reduced its focus on China, Priceline Group has injected a quarter of a billion dollars in Ctrip. The $250 million investment comes less than a year after the Booking.co Read More

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With Expedia out of the picture, what next for Chinese online travel agencies?

By Viewpoints | May 26, 2015

Following the exit of Expedia as its majority owner, eLong is now set for a new chapter. NB: This is an analysis by Ritesh Gupta, a reporter with ChinaTravelNews. After Expedia’s decision to sel Read More

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Expedia sells stake in eLong to Ctrip and others for $671 million

By Kevin May | May 22, 2015

Expedia Inc has offloaded its majority stake in Chinese online travel agency eLong to rival agency Ctrip and a consortium of financial backers. The 62.4% ownership will now belong to Ctrip with Key Read More

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Nobody's perfect - what Priceline didn't appreciate was coming next

By Kevin May | May 20, 2015

Love it or hate it - the Priceline Group, many would argue, has made very few wrong turns over the years. The company's strategy around the Booking.com acquisition and growth plan, for example, is Read More

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Priceline acquires PriceMatch, adds revenue management to hotel tech arsenal [UPDATED]

By Kevin May | May 15, 2015

UPDATE: We have now learned that PriceMatch did not take the $9 million funding round in February this year, despite claims to the contrary. PriceMatch, when asked about a potential Priceline Gr Read More

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Yelp may be up for sale...but who would spend billions to buy it?

By Nick Vivion | May 11, 2015

The media is devouring the news that Yelp is supposedly on the hunt for a strategic buyer. Triggered by a report in the Wall Street Journal that Yelp is "exploring a sale," the global interest in t Read More

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Priceline preps OpenTable and B2B hotel IT

By Martin Cowen | May 7, 2015

Priceline Group's CEO Darren Huston has outlined three areas of focus for the business at the same time as its core booking.com brand continues to dominate. The headline figures from the Q1s today Read More

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Not content with hotel domination, Priceline Group now wants to push car rental services

By Kevin May | May 7, 2015

It was only a matter of time before the Priceline Group realised there was an opportunity to take on the B2B car rental market. The company has quietly made a move this week to challenge car rental Read More

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Hoteliers claim Booking.com parity agreement still wrong and anti-competitive

By Kevin May | April 24, 2015

Booking.com's move to appease regulators over rate parity agreements with hotels has not been met with universal applause. Far from it, in fact. The Priceline Group-owned accommodation giant cla Read More

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Booking.com makes changes to rate parity clauses in Europe

By Kevin May | April 21, 2015

Booking.com says it will support changes put on it by regulators to amend hotel price agreements. The Priceline Group-owned accommodation booking giant will "abandon its price, availability and boo Read More

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Meta is the place for Expedia - Trivago doubled its revenue in just one year

By Kevin May | April 10, 2015

Ever wondered why the online travel agency giants decided to take metasearch so seriously? One reason, presumably, is that the likes of Expedia and Priceline could see that the sector was on the cu Read More

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TripAdvisor boosts restaurant booking strategy, buys BestTables in Portugal

By Kevin May | April 9, 2015

More moves from TripAdvisor in the restaurant sector with confirmation that it has bought Portuguese booking site BestTables. Terms of the deal are not disclosed. The startup was created by loca Read More

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Amid acquisitions, can smaller online travel agencies in Europe survive?

By Viewpoints | April 9, 2015

An array of prominent purchases has helped Expedia and Priceline cement their spots as the world’s largest online travel agencies (OTAs) as the opportunity for others narrows. NB: This is an analys Read More

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Ritz-Carlton, Hyatt and American Airlines are all top performers on social

By Nick Vivion | March 25, 2015

Ritz Carlton, Hyatt and American Airlines all perform well on social, at least according to the latest rankings by social media performance indexer eValue Analytics. The company provides a ranking Read More

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The main event is now Priceline versus Expedia — so whose round is it?

By Nick Vivion | March 19, 2015

The ongoing wave of industry consolidation among OTAs-in-pursuit has focused the crowd's attention on two formidable fighters: Expedia and Priceline. Both have developed into global juggernauts by Read More

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