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Priceline and Expedia gain in paid advertising efficiency

By Sean O'Neil | August 6, 2013

A key metric for forecasting if online travel agencies (OTAs) can thrive is their advertising efficiency, or ad expenditure divided by room nights booked. Read More

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Booking.com gains ground on TripAdvisor - Top New Zealand travel websites, June 2013

By PhocusWire | July 28, 2013

TripAdvisor's strong position at the top of the leading travel websites in New Zealand has weakened slightly after losing some of its lead to second placed Booking.com. Read More

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Well funded startup Stayful promises real-time bidding for boutique hotels

By Sean O'Neil | July 17, 2013

This NYC-hotel booking startup recently received $2.4 million in funding. Will its bidding solution earn out that investment? Read More

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Expedia wins more traffic than next three brands combined - Top Canada travel websites, June 2013

By PhocusWire | July 16, 2013

The web traffic of Flight Network, Hotwire and CheapOAir combined was still behind the total market share achieved by market leader Expedia in Canada in June. Read More

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Groupize closes $2 million in series A funding

By Sean O'Neil | July 10, 2013

Groupize, a Massachusetts B2B startup hoping to streamline hotel booking for groups, has closed a funding round led by Golden Seeds. Read More

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Booking.com is thrashing Expedia in Europe, says survey

By Sean O'Neil | July 8, 2013

A survey of 120 hotel executives in Europe by Morgan Stanley reveals why Booking.com is trouncing Expedia in Europe. Read More

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Wuhu wants to disrupt the original disruptors and make travel easy

By Linda Fox | July 2, 2013

Many an online travel 'what if? was considered before Wuhu was born and like many startups it's based on the premise that there must be a better way Read More

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Deep dive into customer data shows what it REALLY takes to get a happy hotel guest

By Kevin May | June 28, 2013

If you examine 800,000 hotel reviews from genuine guests you would presumably get an interesting snapshot of what makes a guest swing from hating to loving a property. Read More

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Priceline inches closer to Expedia - Top US travel websites, May 2013

By PhocusWire | June 12, 2013

Priceline is slowly creeping up behind rival online agency brand Expedia in the list of leading travel websites in the US during May 2013. Read More

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The most successful online travel CEO ever could be wrong - hotel startups can scale!

By Evan Konwiser | June 6, 2013

Jeffery Boyd, CEO of Priceline, recently made comments casting doubt on the effectiveness of relative newbies Room77 and HotelTonight. Read More

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TripAdvisor prepares to launch its first TV ad campaign in the US

By Sean O'Neil | May 31, 2013

TripAdvisor is opening a TV front in its hotel booking war with the major US brands in the online travel sector. Its $30 million TV ad campaign will rival in size what its competitors are spending on TV... Read More

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Booking.com crawls towards TripAdvisor - Top US travel websites, April 2013

By Kevin May | May 20, 2013

TripAdvisor might have a strong position in the list of leading travel sites in the US but Booking.com is slowly catching up. Read More

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Carnaval time for Booking.com, back on top - Top Brazil travel websites, April 2013

By PhocusWire | May 17, 2013

Priceline-owned Booking.com has found itself leading the pack once again in the list of the most popular travel websites in Brazil during April. Read More

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What NDC-style flight booking might look like for agents [SCREENSHOTS]

By Sean O'Neil | May 16, 2013

Screenshots of Farelogix's desktop product shows how agents mights sell ancillaries distributed directly by the airlines via the New Distribution Capability (NDC). Read More

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Mobile payments get serious on Google as Wallet evolves to handle travel [UPDATE]

By Nick Vivion | May 15, 2013

With mobile e-commerce predicted to reach over $278 billion by 2015, the mobile payments sector is heating up - and Google is at the head of the pack, announcing the next iteration of Google Wallet at... Read More

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