Priceline

Priceline to continue testing and expanding local deals
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Priceline to continue testing and expanding local deals
By Dennis Schaal | August 4, 2011
Priceline's hotel and car rental business grew substantially in the second quarter, and the company also is pondering local deals as a new revenue stream. Read More
Travelport: GDS share gains at Priceline
By Dennis Schaal | August 4, 2011
Gordon Wilson, hosting his first earnings call today as Travelport's president and CEO, says Travelport is taking an increased share of GDS bookings at Priceline. Read More
Expedia crowding out competition - Top Canada travel sites, July 30 2011
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Expedia crowding out competition - Top Canada travel sites, July 30 2011
By PhocusWire | August 2, 2011
Expedia now has a bigger share of web traffic in Canada than the next six leading sites in the agency category combined. Read More
Priceline peers over shoulder of Expedia - Top US travel sites, 16 July 2011
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Priceline peers over shoulder of Expedia - Top US travel sites, 16 July 2011
By PhocusWire | July 20, 2011
Priceline has narrowed the gap between it and first placed Expedia in the top ten travel websites in the US. Read More
Amadeus expands hotel choices with prepaid vouchers
By Dennis Schaal | July 14, 2011
Group-buying sites such as Groupon offer prepaid vouchers and now Amadeus is building up its hotel offerings with prepaid vouchers, as well. Read More
Online travel agencies seek to suppress court disclosure on service fees
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Online travel agencies seek to suppress court disclosure on service fees
By Dennis Schaal | July 8, 2011
Major online travel agencies are seeking to reverse a federal court's public disclosure of how they calculate their service fees when selling hotel rooms using the merchant model. Read More
Expedia extends lead at the top - Top Canada travel sites, July 2 2011
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Expedia extends lead at the top - Top Canada travel sites, July 2 2011
By PhocusWire | July 8, 2011
Expedia has secured almost a 10% lead over its nearest rival amongst travel intermediaries in Canada. Read More
Priceline: Ticketing milestone with American Airlines direct connect
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Priceline: Ticketing milestone with American Airlines direct connect
By Dennis Schaal | July 7, 2011
Seldom does a company issue a press release and then refuse all comment about it, but this was the case today with Priceline's announcement that it had reached a milestone in its 6-month-old deployment... Read More
Why hotels should think of themselves before embracing Facebook and flash sales
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Why hotels should think of themselves before embracing Facebook and flash sales
By Viewpoints | July 6, 2011
A well-known story for hotels: powerful middlemen that dominate the market and put pressure on the property managers to lower prices and increase the commission. Read More
Orbitz and Cheaptickets join the mob in crowded flash sales field
By Dennis Schaal | June 28, 2011
Soon it seems nearly every travel site will offer members' only flash sales for hotels or local deals. Read More
Sneak peak at new Priceline ad on travel site double-cross
By Dennis Schaal | June 24, 2011
William Shatner and the gang, including actress Sacheen Padilla playing the character Naomi Pryce, return in a Priceline Name Your Own Price ad which will be aired on cable channels nationwide in the... Read More
Expedia-Priceline competition heightens with Agoda-Jetstar partnership
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Expedia-Priceline competition heightens with Agoda-Jetstar partnership
By Dennis Schaal | June 10, 2011
Priceline's Agoda business partnered with Jetstar Airways, signaling heightening competition between the two global online travel agencies in Asia-Pacific. Read More
Priceline adds email alerts for hotel winning bids
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Priceline adds email alerts for hotel winning bids
By Dennis Schaal | June 9, 2011
Looking to boost its Name Your Own Price business and revenue for participating hotels, Priceline added email alerts for winning hotel bids. Read More
Priceline Negotiator app provides incentives for website bookings
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Priceline Negotiator app provides incentives for website bookings
By Dennis Schaal | May 31, 2011
Is Priceline trying to convert users of its Priceline Hotel & Car Negotiator app to Priceline.com bookers instead? Read More
Travelocity redesign -- should your booking engine be a homepage hero too?
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Travelocity redesign -- should your booking engine be a homepage hero too?
By Dennis Schaal | May 25, 2011
Travelocity tore apart its booking engine as part of a homepage redesign to simplify the booking engine's look and feel and make it stand out as "the hero of the homepage." Read More
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