Hotel Value for Frequent Guests
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Meta-search engines like Momondo.com and Skyscanner.com track online travel agency (OTA) airline ticket prices. When I write about low fare deals, typically I link to Google Flights and quote prices found on the airline’s own websites. Yet, my standard practice before buying my own airline tickets is comparing ticket prices I find on airline websites…
This is actually my question and I am seeking some responses. Today I posted fares for Chicago to Paris at $499 with Delta. Ticket prices I found for United nonstop flights were $507 round trip. Then a few hours later I see a similar post on SecretFlying.com. Loyalty Traveler – AA, DL, UA $499 Chicago…
Expedia continues to buy up online travel sites with its latest travel website acquisition priced at $3.9 billion for HomeAway, a vacation rental site. Expedia bought legacy online travel agencies Travelocity and Orbitz earlier this year. Expedia also owns Hotels.com, HotWire.com and Trivago.com. Perhaps most amazing is Expedia has a market valuation of $18 billion,…
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,…
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…
Search Kayak.com or HotelsCombined.com and the world of online travel agencies (OTA) seems boundless with website names you never heard of. In reality, while there are many OTA sites offering discount hotel rates, the OTAs remaining independent in the online commerce world are getting swooped up for their revenue potential just like independent hotels are…
Last August Expedia and Travelocity announced a cooperative merger. Yet, they do not call it a merger. Expedia and Travelocity operate independent websites. Expedia to provide key services for rival Travelocity Travelocity and Expedia, two of the biggest online travel sites, will begin working together next year, with Expedia providing content, technology and customer service…
Breaking news from the UK indicates there may be changes to hotel rates offered through online travel agencies (OTA) in the next year. InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG), Expedia.com and Booking.com have been the focus of a multi-year price fixing investigation. These companies have now proposed a remedy to end the price-fixing investigation. In brief, the…
I could have probably rented our extra bedroom in Monterey for $150 per night this past weekend during the Pebble Beach AT&T Pro Am golf tournament. There are other Monterey properties renting rooms and entire houses for stays next weekend on Airbnb.com. Rentals run from $60 per night in Seaside including two Monterey Bay Aquarium…
Frequently I state that the commission an online travel agency (OTA) like Expedia and Travelocity takes in a hotel booking is about 20 to 25% of the room rate charged to the consumer. Hotels pay the OTA for their room bookings. The consumer rarely gets a cheaper room through the OTA compared to the hotel…
