More hotels push for direct booking
April 23, 2016
A growing number of hotels are offering discounts and free Wi-Fi when customers book direct.
A growing number of hotels are offering discounts and free Wi-Fi when customers book direct.
Expedia, together with Airline Reporting Corporation, have taken a dive into airfare pricing data—and come up with a report showing air travel is getting cheaper. The report looks at data for October 2014 to October 2015, and covers about 8 billion searches on 300,000 route combinations. The conclusion: Economy airfare costs dropped about 8% over the previous year, and the trend holds true for both North America domestic travel and international travel. While individual months were up…
Expedia, already the world’s largest travel booker, is extending its reach into an area where it’s been weak: rail tickets. Up to now, Expedia’s been
In a move possibly intended to show a little difference from its rivals, Expedia will now display typical airline fees, including baggage charges and change fees before the final purchase of the ticket. Typically, up to now, those charges are…
TripAdvisor just took one giant step forward in its plans to be a one-stop review and booking site by a deal with booking.com which will allow TripAdvisor to directly book customers into booking.com’s 436,000 rooms. It’s part of a series…
Ryanair has proposed that airlines take the offensive against online travel sites and price comparison sites, such as Expedia, Opodo, Kayak, etc.; he believes they “shouldn’t exist” and “make no sense.” He’s written to four other big European carriers…
Expedia has formed a partnership with the National Federation of the Blind to improve access to Expedia and Travelocity web sites for blind users, including updated and upgraded screen readers and other technologies. Improvements are in store for both…
Sometimes numbers get so big they’re hard to visualize or believe, and here’s one of those numbers: During the first three months of 2015, booking.com handled 106,400,000 hotel room nights. That’s right…over 100 million….
Amazon has repeatedly denied it wants to move into the world of online travel agencies such as Expedia and Travelocity or booking sites like booking.com, but they keep making moves that look like that’s in their future. The latest move is…
Or maybe 2. Expedia has snapped up Orbitz and its subsidiary brands, including ebookers.com and CheapTickets.com. In the past year it has also acquired former main rival Travelocity. Its remaining big rival is Priceline, which owns…
A growing number of hotels are offering discounts and free Wi-Fi when customers book direct.
Expedia, together with Airline Reporting Corporation, have taken a dive into airfare pricing data—and come up with a report showing air travel is getting cheaper. The report looks at data for October 2014 to October 2015, and covers about 8 billion searches on 300,000 route combinations. The conclusion: Economy airfare costs dropped about 8% over the previous year, and the trend holds true for both North America domestic travel and international travel. While individual months were up…
Expedia, already the world’s largest travel booker, is extending its reach into an area where it’s been weak: rail tickets.
In a move possibly intended to show a little difference from its rivals, Expedia will now display typical airline fees, including baggage charges and change fees before the final purchase of the ticket. Typically, up to now, those charges are…
TripAdvisor just took one giant step forward in its plans to be a one-stop review and booking site by a deal with booking.com which will allow TripAdvisor to directly book customers into booking.com’s 436,000 rooms. It’s part of a series…
Ryanair has proposed that airlines take the offensive against online travel sites and price comparison sites, such as Expedia, Opodo, Kayak, etc.; he believes they “shouldn’t exist” and “make no sense.” He’s written to four other big European carriers…
Expedia has formed a partnership with the National Federation of the Blind to improve access to Expedia and Travelocity web sites for blind users, including updated and upgraded screen readers and other technologies. Improvements are in store for both…
Sometimes numbers get so big they’re hard to visualize or believe, and here’s one of those numbers: During the first three months of 2015, booking.com handled 106,400,000 hotel room nights. That’s right…over 100 million….
Amazon has repeatedly denied it wants to move into the world of online travel agencies such as Expedia and Travelocity or booking sites like booking.com, but they keep making moves that look like that’s in their future. The latest move is…
Or maybe 2. Expedia has snapped up Orbitz and its subsidiary brands, including ebookers.com and CheapTickets.com. In the past year it has also acquired former main rival Travelocity. Its remaining big rival is Priceline, which owns…