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Regulator closes hotel booking probe, claims not a high priority

By Kevin May | September 17, 2015

A British competition watchdog has dropped an investigation into hotel booking rate discount, claiming a "restriction on administrative priority grounds". The Competition and Markets Authority was Read More

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Marriott finally finds a use for a top-level domain extension

By Kevin May | September 7, 2015

Seems like an (internet) age ago, but 2011 and 2012 saw a huge marketing campaign for businesses to buy additional web domains. The idea was supposed to be quite simple: web naming regulator Icann Read More

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Priceline eats further into restaurants with acquisition of AS Digital

By Kevin May | September 3, 2015

The Priceline Group has made another move into the restaurant booking world with a deal to buy AS Digital. Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. AS Digital is an Australia-based provider Read More

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Booking.com has no ambitions for corporate travel beyond hotels

By Kevin May | August 18, 2015

There was a degree of curiosity a few months back when Booking.com unveiled its Booking.com For Business service. The idea is that travel managers can search and make reservations for Booking.com-h Read More

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Priceline books white-label tie-up with Reader's Digest

By Martin Cowen | August 11, 2015

Priceline's private label unit Priceline Partner Network (PPN) has linked up with the Reader's Digest Association and will help it launch a travel channel on two of its premium sites. The deal cov Read More

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Not happy campers: Agoda pulls all inventory from Trivago

By Kevin May | August 6, 2015

Bit of an ugly spat brewing between metasearch engine Trivago and Agoda, the Asia-Pacific focused hotel booking site owned by the Priceline Group. Trivago, the Germany-based accommodation search si Read More

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Skyscanner bags global flight deal for MSN consumer platform

By Kevin May | August 4, 2015

Big league stuff for Skyscanner potentially, with it securing a deal to provide flight search to MSN in all of the Microsoft-run brand's global markets. Due to be announced later this week, the UK- Read More

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Deep dive into last-minute online hotel booking habits

By Kevin May | July 29, 2015

Let's face it, before HotelTonight and chums came along the big boys of online travel had probably never even considered carving out a niche for last-minute hotel bookings. Or if they had, they dis Read More

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Priceline offshoot Villas.com starts spreading the affiliate love

By Kevin May | July 13, 2015

Following in the footsteps of its sister brand Booking.com, sister vacation rental site Villas.com is starting to spread its wings to third parties. The Priceline Group-owned brand was unveiled wit Read More

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Priceline Group books $60 million stake in with Hotel Urbano

By Nick Vivion | July 6, 2015

The Priceline Group has taken a minority stake in Hotel Urbano, investing $60 million to expand its footprint in the Brazil market. The setup is similar to the way that Booking.com powers eDreams a Read More

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Booking.com to amend parity terms - closure or a can of worms?

By Linda Fox | June 25, 2015

Booking.com says it will amend its rate parity clauses across Europe by July 1 in line with commitments given to competition authorities in France, Italy and Sweden in April. The Priceline-owned ac Read More

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Priceline Group pumps in additional $250 million into Ctrip

By Kevin May | May 26, 2015

Just days after Expedia Inc reduced its focus on China, Priceline Group has injected a quarter of a billion dollars in Ctrip. The $250 million investment comes less than a year after the Booking.co Read More

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With Expedia out of the picture, what next for Chinese online travel agencies?

By Viewpoints | May 26, 2015

Following the exit of Expedia as its majority owner, eLong is now set for a new chapter. NB: This is an analysis by Ritesh Gupta, a reporter with ChinaTravelNews. After Expedia’s decision to sel Read More

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Expedia sells stake in eLong to Ctrip and others for $671 million

By Kevin May | May 22, 2015

Expedia Inc has offloaded its majority stake in Chinese online travel agency eLong to rival agency Ctrip and a consortium of financial backers. The 62.4% ownership will now belong to Ctrip with Key Read More

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Nobody's perfect - what Priceline didn't appreciate was coming next

By Kevin May | May 20, 2015

Love it or hate it - the Priceline Group, many would argue, has made very few wrong turns over the years. The company's strategy around the Booking.com acquisition and growth plan, for example, is Read More

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