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Why the Priceline plan to buy Kayak should be investigated by regulators

By Viewpoints | March 20, 2013

A UK competition regulator, The Office of Fair Trading (OFT), is being kept busy in the travel space right now. Read More

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Expedia completes Trivago investment deal

By Kevin May | March 12, 2013

Ten weeks after giving the folk at Trivago a very nice pre-Christmas present, Expedia has finalised its acquisition of a majority stake in the European hotel search service. Read More

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The Scan - Lowcostholidays film map, Louvre Hotels on Google, Air New Zealand Bears All (again) and other travel tech stories

By PhocusWire | March 8, 2013

Lowcostholidays, Air New Zealand, Priceline-Kayak, Inner Maldives, Reardon Commerce, American Express, Carlson Wagonlit Travel, Micros Systems, Etihad and NYC & Company all make the cut in our round of... Read More

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UK regulator to investigate Expedia and Priceline meta acquisitions

By Sean O'Neil | February 27, 2013

Britain's Office Of Fair Trading (OFT) is investigating the recent acquisitions of Trivago by Expedia and Kayak by Priceline. Read More

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Priceline full-year 2012 results - at-a-glance summary

By PhocusWire | February 27, 2013

Priceline released is full-year results for 2012 this week. A quick overview is as follows: Read More

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How last minute is last minute? Very last minute, it turns out!

By Nick Vivion | January 28, 2013

Statistics proving the procrastinating proclivities of others are always extremely popular - especially for travel marketers looking to capitalize on the "always on" nature of the mobile device. Read More

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Booking.com bigs up being right in first brand campaign [VIDEO]

By Linda Fox | January 22, 2013

Just how incredible do people feel when they get their accommodation choice right? Read More

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History of the Internet (and a few travel milestones) [INFOGRAPHIC]

By Linda Fox | January 15, 2013

A couple of things standout in this AVG infographic, some perhaps more obvious than others Read More

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TripAdvisor tests hotel metasearch service - now the fun really begins

By Kevin May | January 15, 2013

User review giant TripAdvisor is finally doing what pretty much everyone involved in the hotel sector expected it to do years ago - consumer metasearch for its vast portfolio of properties. Read More

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Training consumers? A response to critics of the same-day mobile hotel offer strategy

By Viewpoints | January 10, 2013

By the end of 2012, venerable American retailer Nordstrom was operating more discount Nordstrom Racks than flagship department stores. Read More

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Let's fight for an open world, with no boundaries or prejudice, with travel as our weapon [VIDEO]

By Kevin May | January 9, 2013

It could of course be a line from a whimsical travel writer - but it's not. It's the description behind a new advertising campaign for European travel search service, Momondo. Read More

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Shatner's secret child revealed in Priceline's latest ad campaign [VIDEO]

By Nick Vivion | January 9, 2013

For anyone who thought William Shatner would ride quietly into the sunset - or rather, plunge off a bridge - in his infamous role as the Priceline Negotiator, be prepared to be bitterly disappointed. Read More

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Kayak-Priceline deal validates evolution of meta model, but Skyscanner rules out immediate IPO

By Kevin May | January 9, 2013

Two years is an awfully long time in travel technology, especially considering how quickly the landscape has changed in the flight metasearch end of the industry. Read More

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Mobile confession from the new Priceline family member [VIDEO]

By Linda Fox | January 8, 2013

It's worth sticking with this clip from CBS This Morning if you can get past the presenters drooling over Priceline's $1.8bn acquisition of Kayak in November Read More

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The Scan: Frontier Airlines redesigns its site, and more travel tech news

By PhocusWire | January 8, 2013

Today's roundup of travel trade news briefs includes Frontier Airlines, Priceline, Foursquare, Digital Spring, Mr & Mrs Smith, Visit Finland, Navigate Media Group, Travel Supermarket, Sunshine,... Read More

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