Video: Shake-Up in the Online Booking World

Jason Clampet

November 10th, 2015 at 1:31 PM EST

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From CNBC: Online travel site Priceline reported strong earnings yesterday, but its weak outlook caused the stock to take a dive. Jason Clampet, Skift Co-founder, discusses the alliances and strat

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