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On July 31, the deadline for Hyatt and Expedia to reach a new distribution agreement, Hyatt confirmed that it has reached an agreement “in principle” on contract terms. At least […]

As Expedia continues on its mission to automate the so-called hidden segment of ‘meetings, incentives, conferences and events’, Marriott signs a deal with a competitor. Think mice, and one may […]

A new study commissioned by Expedia® Media Solutions, the advertising arm of Expedia, Inc., and conducted by Northstar Research Partners, explores the motives and behaviors of British, French and German […]

Last week, Hyatt hotel owners received notification of Hyatt’s intent to terminate its Corporate Lodging Agreement with Expedia. While the announcement is widely speculated to be a negotiating tactic, if […]

Expedia has made a deal in recent years about its stated goal of moving from being a web company to a technology platform. Part of this shift, beyond the obvious business […]

The power of Expedia and Booking.com doesn’t seem to have been dented by the well-publicized competition law changes made in countries across Europe over the past few years. A new […]

In these turbulent times for online travel is it goodbye hotel, hello 21st century lodging? When Airbnb launched with an air mattress on the floor of a San Francisco apartment […]

Expedia Inc‘s acquisition of HomeAway, the vacation rental platform, for $3.9 billion (mostly in stock) could be understood as an alliance of mutual interest against Airbnb, the peer-to-peer short-term rental […]

For years, analysts have been talking about the disruptive impact of Airbnb’s alternative lodging solution to the hotel industry, but we think they are missing the point. History Lesson Amazon.com […]

Expedia is to axe clauses relating to rate parity in contracts with all its European hotel customers. In what could be seen as another landmark moment in the ongoing rate parity […]