Several major online travel agencies, such as Booking.com, for years didn't have access to flights from both Ryanair and Southwest. That era has come to a close.
Priceline is the second online travel agency to partner with Southwest as the carrier looks to widen its distribution channels amid major shifts in its business model.
The United-JetBlue alliance is just that, and not an acquisition. Still, as with such transitions, it brings substantial changes to United.com's non-air partnership roster.
Priceline is using the upcoming March Madness season to push sports-driven travel with targeted hotel deals and new partnerships in its latest campaign.
Today's podcast looks at the ups and downs of the global hotel industry's year, Priceline's new AI integration, and Klook's plans for the next ten years.
Priceline is among a handful of companies testing OpenAI's new voice tech. Priceline envisions that its future voicebot will be able to accompany a traveler through an entire trip.
Fogel was the deals guy who helped construct an online travel powerhouse. Now he runs it, and Booking Holdings is expanding its product lines and global footprint.
Discount travel sites tend to do well during times when vacation rentals and hotels aren't selling well on more traditional travel sites. Expedia/Vrbo's deal with Whimstay may reflect those market dynamics.
We web-scraped 20k+ hotels listed on Google across the U.S., Europe, Asia and Middle East to understand which online travel agencies and direct sites compete for bookings in Google's sponsored and organic listings.