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Travelocity Deal And Broader Roll Out Of ETP To Boost Expedia’s Second Quarter Results
In the first half of 2013, high competition in the travel industry negatively impacted Expedia (NASDAQ:EXPE) by weakening the growth in direct type-in traffic, which is the most efficient traffic for customer loyalty and profitability, according ...
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Online Travel Giants Increase Exposure To Car Rentals Market
Expedia (NASDAQ:EXPE) acquired France’s car rental company, Auto Escape, and Priceline (NASDAQ:PCLN) launched a premium car rental service named Fun Rides, last week. These developments highlight the agenda of online travel agencies (OTA) to ...
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International Sports Events In Brazil Is A Lucrative Opportunity For Online Travel Companies
Brazil’s GDP (Gross Domestic Product) growth rate declined steeply from 7.5% in 2010 to 2.7% in 2011 and 0.9% in 2012, due to a contraction in consumption and investments. Although the growth picked up in 2013 to 2.3%, it was still lower than t...
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Key Trends Impacting Expedia’s Hotel Division
Expedia (NASDAQ:EXPE) is a leading online travel agency (OTA) that connects travelers with travel suppliers such as hotels, airlines, cruises and car rental companies. It operates several online travel websites including expedia.com, hotels.com, ...
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Why Online Travel Companies Are Buying Restaurant Reservation Operators
Lately, increased M&A activity has been observed in the online restaurant reservation space. TripAdvisor (NASDAQ:TRIP) —the world’s largest travel review company— acquired French site LaFourchette for $140 million last month. LaFourchette ...
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Partnering With Travelocity Has Juiced-up Expedia’s Operations, But Will Expedia Acquire It?
The North American online travel market is forecast to grow at the slowest pace compared to other economies such as Europe, Latin America and Asia-Pacific. Nevertheless, with estimated revenues of over $200 billion in 2013, it remains the biggest...
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Travelocity Partnership Boosts Expedia’s First Quarter Results
Expedia (NASDAQ:EXPE) marked a good start to fiscal year 2014 with a 19% year-on-year increase in Q1 revenues, topping $1.2 billion. The growth was broad-based since all the divisions and brands witnessed an increase in bookings and revenues. Abo...
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Expedia Earnings Preview: Room Nights Growth And Revenue Margins In Focus
Expedia (NASDAQ:EXPE) is scheduled to release its results for the first quarter of 2014 on Thursday, May 01. In the first half of 2013, high competition in the travel industry negatively impacted Expedia by weakening the growth in direct type-in ...
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3 Reasons TripAdvisor May Be Overvalued
Submitted by Jeff Michaels as part of our contributors program . 3 Reasons TripAdvisor May Be Overvalued The world’s largest online travel review company, TripAdvisor (NASDAQ:TRIP), was one of the best performing stocks of 2013, with its...
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Competitive Landscape Of The U.S. Online Travel Market Is Transforming
The U.S. online travel market is growing at the slowest pace compared to other economies such as Europe, Latin America and Asia-Pacific. Nevertheless, with estimated revenues of $157 billion in 2013, it remains the biggest market in terms of onli...
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Online Travel Stocks: A comparison
Submitted by Amigobulls as part of our contributors program . Online Travel Stocks: A comparison The various online travel agencies (OTA’s) have seen tremendous gains in stock prices over the last year and a half. The stock gains were le...
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Priceline: Outlook for 2014
Submitted by Amigobulls as part of our contributors program . Priceline: Outlook for 2014 Priceline.com announced its Q4 2013 results on Feb 20 after market close. The company reported solid growth in topline as well as earnings growth beatin...
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Expedia Continues To Build On The Momentum It Gained In The Prior Quarter
Expedia (NASDAQ:EXPE) is the world’s largest online travel agency (OTA) by gross bookings. In the second quarter of 2013, increased competitive activity in the off-line (TV advertisements) brand marketing channel from Booking.com, TripAdvisor an...
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Expedia Will Benefit From Its Strengthening Hotel Business Even As Revenue Margins Decline
Expedia (NASDAQ:EXPE) is scheduled to release its Q4 2013 earnings results on Thursday, February 06. The leading online travel agency (OTA) earned $1.4 billion in revenues in the third quarter of 2013, registering a 17% year-on-year increase. Wor...
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Priceline Could Get Bigger In Vacation Rentals By Acquiring HomeAway
Vacation rentals are privately owned residential properties that property owners and managers rent to travelers on a nightly, weekly, or monthly basis. According to a study by PhoCusWright, the market for vacation rentals in the U.S. stood at $23...
