Articles tagged “online travel agencies”

Online booking websites are more popular than travel agencies, branded bookings, and deals websites; however, meta-search's 10 percent jump this year indicates the growing sector could soon become a more formidable competitor.

American Express, other mega travel agencies and their corporate clients aren't going to be able to put the genie back in the bottle with badges and leader boards. There is a lot of turf-protection going on here.

A foreign buyer looking to make headway in an entry into the U.S. would be the most likely candidate to scoop up Travelocity from IPO-hungry Sabre.

This is a big ruling because Chicago is a large city with lots of hotels. But, the online travel agencies will undoubtedly appeal the decision in this seven-year-old case, and the dispute will continue in Chicago and elsewhere.

Forcing plaintiffs to individually arbitrate their claims of hotel-price-fixing against Travelocity would sabotage the class-action lawsuit if the ruling stands up. There undoubtedly will be further developments in this case.

A nationwide tax U.S. is an idea that will never happen, but booking sites would love to have some overall clarity on taxation, even if it costs users a bit more on each booking.

After years of being the perpetrators of sneaky fees, expect airlines to soon begin pushing back on booking sites for doing the same thing, just so they can promote booking on their own sites.

HotelTonight blazed a trail in the U.S. as a first-mover in same-day, mobile hotel bookings. Although it has strong financial backing, achieving the same rate of success abroad may be a lot more problematic.

Very few consumers have ever said "I'm going to go find a hotel on RoomKey.com," but they have been confused when the webpage pops up after they leave a hotel site. This may make partners happy, but it seems like there are more efficient ways to do this.

Oy. What a mess. There is no clear end-game because each jurisdiction's laws are different. Federal legislation could resolve the issue, but that would take away power from cities and states.