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Could Booking.com be a good parent to the new .hotels domain extension?

By Linda Fox | October 3, 2012

The coming weeks could see Booking.com given the go ahead by ICANN for the .HOTELS top level domain. Read More

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Why Priceline's purchase of Booking.com was the most profitable travel deal of the 2000s

By Sean O'Neil | October 2, 2012

One analyst says the company ought to rename itself Booking.com, given how much the acquisition catapulted The Priceline Group from a profit of $10 million in 2003 to a profit of $1.1 billion last year. Read More

The Scan: Skyscanner clocks 10 million app downloads, Priceline brings bidding to mobile, and more news

By PhocusWire | September 20, 2012

More than a third of visits to Skyscanner come through apps, and more items in our rundown of the stories that are making news and driving opinion on 20 September. Read More

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Kids back to school? Now back to work with a seven-point technology checklist for travel agents

By Viewpoints | September 3, 2012

As vacations come to an end and kids get ready to go back to school, it’s time to focus on you instead. Read More

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William Shatner explains Priceline return: Pretty girls with water bottles. Oh, and the people are nice

By Kevin May | August 31, 2012

Now that Star Trek hero William Shatner has made his return as Priceline marketing figurehead The Negotiator, was it the prospect of appearing in prime time ad slots that influenced him, or something... Read More

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Another hotel price fixing class action emerges in the US, same defendants as previous complaints

By Kevin May | August 28, 2012

Are we seeing the floodgates beginning to open with the hotel price parity issue? Perhaps so, with news of another attempt at a class action in the US against online travel agencies and hotel chains. Read More

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TripBirds swaps travel tips platform for social media-led hotel booking service

By Kevin May | August 28, 2012

Back in December 2011, TripBirds was one of many (many, many) so-called social travel sites, created so users can get tips from their friends using the social graph. Read More

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Hotel price fixing case will likely do little but generate legal fee bonanza

By Viewpoints | August 22, 2012

A class action suit was filed this week in California against various major online travel retailers and hotel chains alleging antitrust violations in relation to resale price management (RPM)... Read More

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Hotel price fixing saga switches to the US with class action against Expedia and others

By Kevin May | August 21, 2012

There is a whiff of anger in the air, it appears, over alleged price fixing between online travel agencies and hotels - with a class action being brought against some of the biggest travel brands on the... Read More

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Well that was completely predictable - William Shatner returns for Priceline TV ads [VIDEO]

By Kevin May | August 15, 2012

Just over six months after ex-Star Trek frontman William Shatner supposedly ended his reign as the figurehead of Priceline's marketing, when he plunged off a bridge in an ad, he's back. Read More

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Travel Tech Scan: Priceline gets pummeled, Google tries CGI: Versailles, Boingo goes shopping, and more

By Sean O'Neil | August 9, 2012

Stocks of Priceline and Orbitz plummeted yesterday because of weaker than expected earnings this year. The top-grossing paid travel app FlightTrack is coming out in a free version today, and there's a... Read More

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Bombshell: Is the Priceline growth machine decelerating?

By Kevin May | August 8, 2012

For years, Priceline has been the darling of the travel industry within the financial investment community, reaching an eye-watering market capitalisation of close to $30 billion. Read More

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Getaway Lounge sold to NineMSN, CEO moves to Agoda for top marketing role

By Kevin May | August 8, 2012

Just a year after commencing operations in the group buying world for hotels stays, Australia-based startup Getaway Lounge has been sold to NineMSN-owned Cudo. Read More