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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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HRS shows why online travel agencies need a vacation rental strategy

By Kevin May | March 11, 2015

HRS is poised to attack the vacation rental sector in a major way, shining another light on where the next online travel agency battleground is likely to be. The European OTA, which has a significa Read More

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Priceline Group CEO confirms Rocketmiles deal

By Nick Vivion | March 10, 2015

After weeks of "no comments" and general shrugging of shoulders, Priceline Group's deal to buy Rocketmiles is official. Rocketmiles, which incentivizes hotel bookings through mileage bonuses with o Read More

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Kayak will not outspend rivals in Europe, sub-scale metas will be in trouble

By Kevin May | March 10, 2015

The industry and media can always count on Kayak co-founder and CEO, Steve Hafner, for a few choice quotes during his appearances at events. But beyond the poking fun at supposed rivals such as Hip Read More

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Recruit Holdings pushes further into hospitality with Euro 200 million buy

By Nick Vivion | March 6, 2015

Recruit Holdings is becoming an increasingly visible force in travel and hospitality. First, the venture arm of the staffing conglomerate invested in vacation rental platform Tripping.com. Now the com Read More

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