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The Priceline Group has announced a $550 million dollar acquisition of Momondo, the airfare meta-search engine founded in Copenhagen in 2006. Anyone who searches for low airline fares from online travel agencies has probably used Momondo.com or should. It is one of the most useful sites for locating airfare deals. Momondo.com has a strong market…
The most important aspect of an airline ticket price for a frequent flyer is knowing the airline ticket ‘fare class’ or ‘booking code’ for your flights. Knowing the fare class letter for your flight segment is often vital for knowing how many frequent flyer miles you earn for your flight. Problems finding Booking Class in…
What financial experts in the hotel industry say is driving the move for hotel chain consolidation is Expedia and Priceline. These two online travel agencies (OTAs) control most of the hotel distribution bookings globally, they gobble up their OTA competition and their share of hotel bookings distribution is growing globally. The Priceline Group “Priceline: With…
If I did not know the numbers from previous research, I would have a hard time guessing which is the bigger global reservationist for hotel bookings. First look at who is part of the Priceline Group. Priceline.com, booking.com, kayak.com and Agoda.com are major players in the online travel agency (OTA) world. Expedia Inc. includes Travelocity,…
EyeforTravel.com published an article yesterday, Amazon’s online travel march continues and enviable lessons in how to do it from Japan, on the potential for Amazon.com to expand into the online hotel booking market with a proposition hotels may favor over Expedia and Priceline. Web buzz suggests Amazon could have a major impact in the online…
Skift.com published an article this week, The Consolidation in the Online Travel Booking Space Over the Last Two Years, with a table showing the acquisitions and consolidation of online travel booking sites over the past 18 months by four major online travel booking agencies (OTA): Expedia, HomeAway, Pricceline and TripAdvisor. Expedia.com Online Travel Space Acquisitions…
