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Expedia Is Gearing Up For Future Growth Though The Company Might Face Setbacks In The Short Term
Expedia is slated to release its Q3 2016 earnings on October 27th . The company’s various arms are gearing up for future growth, while the company is cosying up with its hotel partners by offering them extra benefits and perks (such as allo...
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Why Is Expedia Helping Its Hotel Partners Sell Ancillary Services Through Its Websites?
On October 17th, Expedia announced that its hotel partners in North and South America can utilize the Expedia Partner Central platform to offer perks to customers on Expedia’s websites such as free Wi-Fi, discounted spa services, loyalty po...
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Here’s How Expedia’s Plans To Use Artificial Intelligence Might Help The Company
Expedia is planning to be among the first OTAs to use artificial intelligence for its customer service according to its CEO’s statement at the Skift Global Forum . Artificial intelligence is the science of analyzing data to comprehend and ...
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Here’s How Expedia Is Boosting Its Corporate Travel Arm, Egencia
Egencia, Expedia’s corporate travel arm, is undergoing an internal restructuring as a part of its 10 year growth plan, according to Skift . This might include the company being divided into two global divisions rather than the existing segr...
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How Are Expedia’s Different Segments Contributing To Its Growth?
Though it faced a few technical glitches which resulted in a setback of its Q2 2016 earnings results, Expedia seems to be on a growth track with its OTA platform leading the way. Expedia acquired big players including Travelocity, Orbitz, and Hom...
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Facebook’s New Travel Product Might Help OTAs With More Exposure
Now online travel agencies can push their products further to their potential clientele with the help of Facebook’s new Dynamic Ads for Travel . This feature has been launched in June on both Facebook and Instagram to help travel companies influ...
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How Might Expedia’s Phasing Out Of The “Dimming” Process Impact The Company?
Expedia had been criticised as one of the biggest perpetrators of the “dimming strategy” among the OTAs. Dimming adversely impacts hotels, customers, and eventually, the OTAs themselves. The company has decided to phase out the dimmin...
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This New App By Standard International Group Shows The Increasing Trend Within Hotels To Bypass OTAs
Independent hotels and hotel chains are increasingly trying to gain direct bookings through their websites instead of users booking through the OTAs. In a move to attract more users, The Standard International Group along with a few select hotels...
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Here’s Why HomeAway Might Turn Out To Be One Of The Most Profitable Acquisitions For Expedia
Expedia’s December 2015 acquisition, HomeAway–the world’s largest vacation rental marketplace–might be one of the biggest growth drivers for the company in the future due to the introduction of its booking fee in 2016. With its 1 million propert...
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Does Google Trips Pose A Serious Challenge To Priceline Or Expedia?
Though Google’s entry into tourism bookings might indicate a future expansion into online travel booking, given their current positions in the travel industry, the two OTA giants do not have too much to fear as of now. Recently, Google int...
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How Do We Expect Expedia’s Advertising And Media Segment To Grow And Why?
While Priceline strengthens its relationship with TripAdvisor’s Instant Booking, Expedia had been strengthening its own metasearch engine, Trivago. In 2015, Trivago’s standalone revenue stood at around €490 million, reflecting ~60% y...
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How Is The U.S. Travel Industry Faring Currently?
According to the U.S. Travel Association’s Travel Trends Index report, domestic leisure travel in the U.S. is at its lowest growth level since December 2012. This might imply lower domestic travel spending as is evident by the year-on-year decl...
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Expedia’s Evolved Relationship With Marriott International And Its Significance
Expedia has struck up an alliance with Marriott International wherein the leading global OTA will help the hotel chain sell more hotels on Marriott’s own website. This might seem complicated at first. While Expedia competes against the vari...
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What Does Expedia Raising Its Dividend Signify?
Even after facing a challenging Q2 2016 mainly on account of integration problems with all its acquired entities on its platform, Expedia has raised its dividend by ~8% to $0.26 per share. This implies that the management has ample confidence in...
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How Is Expedia’s Top Line Trending?
Expedia seems to be well poised for long-term growth, though it is currently facing some hiccups due to glitches with the integration of its acquired entities. The company’s revenues and adjusted EBITDA growth was boosted post the divestit...
