Priceline

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
Priceline adds Kayak hotel booking to its list of concerns
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Priceline adds Kayak hotel booking to its list of concerns
By Dennis Schaal | May 10, 2011
Priceline has long warned that Google's and Bing's "inroads into online travel" loom as potential threats and now it has added Kayak.com hotel bookings as a concern. Read More
CarTrawler takes in new investment, shuffles executive pack
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CarTrawler takes in new investment, shuffles executive pack
By Kevin May | May 9, 2011
Ireland-based car hire distribution system CarTrawler has confirmed it is looking to offload a share of the company to help fund its next period of growth. Read More
Priceline shuffles executives, but Boyd stays on
By Dennis Schaal | May 5, 2011
Priceline -- meaning the Priceline group of companies -- shuffled its executive ranks in North America and Europe. Read More
Priceline is live with American Airlines direct-connect
By Dennis Schaal | February 25, 2011
When American Airlines revealed in mid-January that it reached a direct-connect agreement with Priceline, the airline indicated that "Priceline.com expects to begin issuing American Airlines tickets... Read More
Boyd of Priceline on Verizon iPhone, tablets and Middle East turmoil
By Dennis Schaal | February 24, 2011
Priceline's Jeffery Boyd is bullish on the international potential of mobile platforms, saying it may turn out to be greater than the upside for the U.S. domestic market. Read More
Priceline looking to more integration of its properties
By Dennis Schaal | February 23, 2011
Priceline saw its revenue rise 35% in the fourth quarter to $731 million and indicated that further integration of its properties may be in order. Read More
Priceline unveils new ad campaign with Shatner and Kareem
By Dennis Schaal | February 14, 2011
Priceline's creative team must believe in continuity because it is bringing back The Priceline Negotiator-themed ads with new spots for the fifth consecutive year. Read More
Priceline integrates location engine into Hotel Negotiator Android app
By Dennis Schaal | February 2, 2011
With more than a third of Priceline's mobile customers booking hotels within a mile of their current wanderings, the company needs its Hotel Negotiator app for Android to speedily and accurately... Read More
Kayak making most of special relationship with American Airlines
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Kayak making most of special relationship with American Airlines
By Kevin May | January 28, 2011
It makes sense that if Kayak is supposedly "one of a few" to include fares from American Airlines then it might as well make as much noise about it as possible. Read More
Travelport plays it straight over Priceline-American Airlines deal - for now
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Travelport plays it straight over Priceline-American Airlines deal - for now
By Kevin May | January 19, 2011
Travelport has reiterated its opposition to the American Airlines Direct-Connect system after seeing online agency client Priceline opt to partner with the airline. Read More
Voyage Prive debuts English-language mobile app with app-only deals
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Voyage Prive debuts English-language mobile app with app-only deals
By Dennis Schaal | January 18, 2011
Flash sales hotel site Voyage Privé introduced a free iPhone app in English and it is offering app-only add-ons to spark more interest in its mobile platform. Read More