Dennis Schaal Archives

Dennis Schaal is Skift’s Founding Editor and Executive Editor. Dennis has been a reporter focusing on online travel and short-term rentals for more than two decades at Skift, Tnooz, USA Today, and Travel Weekly. He is well-known for tough one-on-one interviews on stage at Skift events, including with the CEOs and top execs of Expedia, Uber, Booking Holdings, Priceline, Kayak, Hopper, and more.

Airlines

Can a New Private Jet Service Backed by Former DOT Chief and Online Veterans Win Where Others Lost?

There is an opening for moderately priced and nonstop private jet services for business travelers in cities that the larger airlines have abandoned.

Dennis Schaal | 11 years ago

Online Travel

The Great Travel-Marketing Whodunit Is Attributing Credit for the Last Click

Which ads get credit, and how much, toward the last click? Damn, it's complicated. Some travel companies are just now transitioning from analysis to action.

Dennis Schaal | 11 years ago

Hotels

HomeAway Shuffles Management As European Operations Dampen Earnings

HomeAway is facing a relatively tough time in Europe where its subscription listing business is off and foreign exchange woes are impacting performance.

Dennis Schaal | 11 years ago

Airlines

The Lobbying Groups in the Fight for Open Skies Over U.S. Airspace

It isn't often that you see the U.S. Travel Association calling out anyone, let alone the largest airlines in the U.S., but the Gulf carriers' subsidy issue has exposed deep differences about competition and the global travel industry.

Dennis Schaal | 11 years ago

Online Travel

Google Makes Another Big Move Toward Dominating Hotel Search

Old metasearch sites, like old soldiers, don't die. They just fade away. That may be the case for Google Hotel Finder as Google's hotel listings right on the first search results page funnel users in a streamlined way to Google's hotel ads.

Dennis Schaal | 11 years ago

Online Travel

Hotels Still Weary of Booking.com Pricing Dominance

Booking.com might still be able to throw its commercial weight around with hotels despite these new agreements, depending on their fine print.

Dennis Schaal | 11 years ago

Online Travel

Amazon Travel Launches New Brand, Amazon Destinations

Don't believe Amazon's statements about its minimalist intentions in the hotel sphere. This is just the beginning. The next phase will be to really scale up the service with inventory partners.

Dennis Schaal | 11 years ago

SkiftX

Accor Acquires Fastbooking to Enhance Hotels’ Digital Performance

Accor realizes that digital services are a strategic imperative for its hotels and the hotel industry in general and the hotel group is doing all it can to bring those skills in-house.

Dennis Schaal | 11 years ago

Online Travel

The Standard Hotels Launches Its Own Same-Day App

This app is obviously only for married couples celebrating their 25th wedding anniversaries or higher. Know what we mean?

Dennis Schaal | 11 years ago

Online Travel

Travelzoo’s Hotel Transformation Is Slow and Painful

The advantage that Travelzoo has that other new entrants in hotel booking don't is those 24.5 million registered members/newsletter subscribers. If Travelzoo can tweak its hotel booking engine and get it going, then at least it already has an audience.

Dennis Schaal | 11 years ago