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When is Google finally going to tie all of its travel products together and become an online travel agency to rival Expedia, the Priceline Group and, increasingly, Ctrip? Not anytime […]

According to Geoffrey Moore in his book Living on the Fault Line: Managing for Shareholder Value in the Age of the Internet, stock price is a measure of future potential […]

The Battle against OTAs isn’t just fought at the traveler’s booking stage. In this highly competitive market, hotels much deliver exceptional service if they are to succeed. OTAs are an […]

In the modern travel market, online travel agents have successfully retained the lion’s share of online travel bookings made by users – according to a 2016 Phocuswright study, 66% of […]

NB: This is an article by Revinate It’s been a busy year on the “book direct” front. Hotels of all sizes are facing off against established and emerging online travel […]

It was only a few years ago that the growth in the global economy — and that of travel — was centred on the so-called BRICs (Brazil, Russia, India and China). Each […]

Hotel room rates in the top-25 most popular U.S. destinations are averaging $219.06 this October, up from $212.57 in September, according to online hotel room price indices from trivago’s unique […]

A recent Morningstar study, “Hotel Direct Booking Campaigns Won’t Hurt Priceline and Expedia Says Study,” asserts that the impact of major chains’ direct booking campaigns on online travel agencies will […]

These days, hoteliers talk a good game when trying to convince travelers to book directly. “Stop Clicking Around,” Hilton urges in a current campaign. “It Pays to Book Direct,” Marriott […]

The latest analysis from Amadeus uses a “scenario planning” methodology to paint a picture of what the future might hold for online travel agents. But unlike many similar projects, the […]