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.

Online Travel

Major Booking Sites Still Won’t Allow Purchases in TripAdvisor’s App

The all-powerful TripAdvisor has been unable to convince its largest online travel agency partners to facilitate hotel bookings right within TripAdvisor apps. Oh, to be a fly on the wall for those conversations.

Dennis Schaal | 12 years ago

Online Travel

TripAdvisor CEO Exuberant About ‘Phenomenal’ Restaurant Opportunity

Both TripAdvisor and the Pricelne Group plan to feast on the mobile and global expansion of their dining reservations capabilities.

Dennis Schaal | 12 years ago

Online Travel

Commerce and Travel Platform Deem Secures $50 Million in Funding

Deem, formerly known as Rearden Commerce, got burned in its foray into financial services sector, and is now drilling down in its core business.

Denni Schaal | 12 years ago

Online Travel

CheapTickets Relaunches With Loyalty Rewards That Expire Quickly

If greed is good in the movies, cheap is good at CheapTickets, which is seeking to target extremely price-focused consumers. Whether its rates will be cheaper than those on Orbitz is another question.

Dennis Schaal | 12 years ago

Online Travel

The Next Chapter in the Convergence of Booking Sites and Metasearch

A metasearch-like advertisement on an online travel agency site isn't going to get anywhere near the the sort of clout that sites such as TripAdvisor, Google and Kayak can wield, but it enables OTA sites to get into metasearch in a modest way to appease consumers' inclination to comparison-shop without taking a lot of the risk.

Dennis Schaal | 12 years ago

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Cheapflights Parent Momondo Group Hires Banker For Possible Sale

Momondo officials are quick to point out that the Momondo Group is doing well, is seeking an investment, and that retaining strategic advisors is not a sign of weakness, but such a motivation is not out of the question when any company mulls strategic alternatives.

Dennis Schaal | 12 years ago

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Key Hospitality Influencer PKF Consulting Acquired by Real Estate Services Giant

Let's hope PKF can still do its research, benchmarking and consulting now that it has been gobbled up by a much-larger public company.

Dennis Schaal | 12 years ago

Business Travel

Rogue Business Travelers Are Misguided, Amex Partner Says

It's getting late very early for companies that fell way behind travel technology trends and now label road warriors who want to book their trips using modern tools as "misguided."

Dennis Schaal | 12 years ago

Hotels

Millennials A Hard Sell for Hotels Despite All the Wooing

Hey, it isn't all about refurbishing the hotel lobby and placing a touch-screen in there. Millennial guests demand great customer service from staff, and they will quickly sour on a hotel if the staff isn't up to par.

Dennis Schaal | 12 years ago

Hotels

Kimpton Launches a New Loyalty Program With a Secret Rewards Formula

It's nice to offer rewards program members personalized perks, but we're waiting to see whether assigning members to tiers based on a formula that isn't transparent will be popular among those for who loyalty programs are an art.

Dennis Schaal | 12 years ago