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ASTA Bites Back on New York City Hotel Tax
I’m not one to say “I told you so,” but it’s darn tempting to throw that phrase at New York City officials who implemented the tax on travel agencies selling available rooms in the Big Apple. Lots of...
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Goldman Sachs: Investment Trends in Online Travel – I need your...
On Tuesday, I had been invited back to speak alongside Homeaway and Starwood at the Goldman Sachs Technology & Internet Conference about trends in online travel. I wanted to solicit your thoughts...
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Expedia Tops Travel Weekly 2010 Power List
In its June 28 issue, Travel Weekly has published their annual Power List of the world’s largest travel sellers. Expedia jumped from third place in 2008 to become the No.1 seller of travel in the world...
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Removing Company Name Field Saves Expedia $12 Million
Here’s a good story about how Expedia was missing out on $12 million in profits because of one optional input field on the website, and how they rectified it using SAS Analytics. In a panel discussion...
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Expedia Launches New Rewards Program
Businesses can roll out any number of tricks to get people to try their products, at least once. But loyal and repeat customers are the ones who are the most valuable, especially during economic slow...
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TravelTechnology Weekly – Expedia-TA Split, Rebooting Travel…
Feature 1: The board of directors of Expedia, Inc. have preliminarily approved a plan to spin off the TripAdvisor Media Group. TripAdvisor The plan will create two publicly traded companies, with...
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TravelTechnology Weekly – Groupon IPO, Airbnb Valuation…
Groupon Feature 1: The much-awaited Groupon IPO is here, and Wall Street got blown away by the numbers. A registration statement filed with the SEC shows a $750 million public offering. Groupon posted...
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TravelTechnology Weekly – Columbus D-Day, 2011 Power List…
Feature 1: Five long years after the city of Columbus, Georgia, picked a legal fight with Expedia over hotel taxes, Superior Court Judge Doug Pullen is set to issue a ruling on the case on Friday, July...
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Groupon Getaways Looms Over Travel Deals Sector
Groupon has started offering the first live deals on Groupon Getaways, with its new partner Expedia. From all indications, Groupon Getaways looks like it is going to swamp all the existing travel-deals...
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Travel News Roundup: Expedia, TripIt, Gogobot, Alec Baldwin…
Following through on its announcement earlier this year, Expedia is planning to spin off TripAdvisor later this month and began filing presentations today with the Securities & Exchange Commission...
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