Articles tagged “distribution”

Mergers and Acquisitions

Guesty, Short-Term Rental Software Provider, Acquires Rentals United

The short-term rental space is fragmented to the hilt. We'll probably see more channel managers like Rentals United consolidating or seeing their businesses dry up.

Dennis Schaal | 2 days ago

Guesty, Short-Term Rental Software Provider, Acquires Rentals United

Hotels

Skift Research Scraped 20,000 Google Hotel Listings: Here’s What We Found

We web-scraped 20k+ hotels listed on Google across the U.S., Europe, Asia and Middle East to understand which online travel agencies and direct sites compete for bookings in Google's sponsored and organic listings.

Pranavi Agarwal | 1 week ago

Skift Research Scraped 20,000 Google Hotel Listings: Here’s What We Found

Travel Technology

DerbySoft Acquires Pkfare and Expands into Airline Industry

DerbySoft is one of those companies that lives in the background of the travel industry but plays an important role. It's behind the online sales for many hotels, and now it is for airlines, too.

Justin Dawes | 3 weeks ago

DerbySoft Acquires Pkfare and Expands into Airline Industry

Online Travel

Expedia Wants New Features With Amadeus NDC Partnership

Very slowly, the New Distribution Capability is enabling online travel agencies to catch up with the services that airlines offer on their own websites.

Dennis Schaal | 4 weeks ago

Expedia Wants New Features With Amadeus NDC Partnership

Online Travel

Ryanair Is a Missing Piece in eDreams Odigeo’s Subscription Business

eDreams Odigeo's Prime subscription plan seems to be growing at a strong pace despite not offering Europe's largest airline. Could Ryanair and eDreams come to terms? Never say never.

Dennis Schaal | 2 months ago

Ryanair Is a Missing Piece in eDreams Odigeo’s Subscription Business

Airlines

What’s Next for the Alaska-Hawaiian Airline Merger

Today's podcast looks at the Alaska Air-Hawaiian Air combo, American Air's tussle with travel agents, and an investment in Travelport.

Sean O'Neill | 5 months ago

What’s Next for the Alaska-Hawaiian Airline Merger

Airlines

American Airlines Accuses Travel Agents of Stifling Innovation for Self Interest

American Airlines has lashed out at U.S. travel agents in a scathing response to the complaint that the airline's robust distribution strategy was unfair.

Selene Brophy | 5 months ago

American Airlines Accuses Travel Agents of Stifling Innovation for Self Interest

News Blog

Accor CEO Advises Young Hotel Entrepreneurs on Scaling Up: WTTC Summit Video

If you want to enter the hospitality sector, start small and get financial support. But be aware that scaling up beyond a certain threshold can be tremendously hard. That was the advice from the head of one of the world's largest hotel groups, Accor chairman and group CEO Sébastien Bazin. "If it's your dream or…

Sean O'Neill | 6 months ago

Airlines

American Airlines CEO Defends Direct Selling Push in Face of Travel Agent Complaints

American Airlines's top boss Robert Isom feels confident in the carrier's evolving distribution strategy, the most assertive of all the carriers in the Americas. But some travel agents still feel bullied.

Selene Brophy | 6 months ago

American Airlines CEO Defends Direct Selling Push in Face of Travel Agent Complaints

Hotels

Hotels to Pay Middlemen $75 Billion in 2023: Skift Research

Hotel companies pay billions a year to online travel agencies and other distributors. Our estimate of how much is eye-opening. So is hoteliers' naiveté about how sustainable their level of spending is.

Seth Borko and Sean O'Neill, Skift | 7 months ago

Hotels to Pay Middlemen $75 Billion in 2023: Skift Research