Priceline may pass Expedia for No. 1 in online travel

Published Tuesday, February 28, 2012

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ONLINE TRAVEL | NORTH-AMERICA

Priceline may pass Expedia for No. 1 in online travel

A report by PhoCusWright says Expedia might soon lose its standing as the world's top online travel agency to fast-charging Priceline. The study says Priceline could knock Expedia out of the No. 1 slot by year-end. more...

ONLINE TRAVEL | NORTH-AMERICA

The evolution of online travel (infographic)

Since the rise of online travel in the mid-1990s, it seems that there’s an endless well of ways to get your travel fix. From classic travel aggregators to especially luxe vacation packages at a discount, the selections available online make it easy to book nearly any sort of trip at any time. more...

ONLINE TRAVEL | NORTH-AMERICA

Travolocity launches iPad app, exclusive mobile deals

The app features hotel deals especially for mobile users in top destinations. These deals, labeled “Mobile Exclusive Deals,” are rates that are even lower than what is available on the desktop version of Travelocity. more...

HOTEL MARKETING | ONLINE DISTRIBUTION

Best Western launches Facebook booking-engine

The Facebook booking platform, built in tandem with mobile and multichannel platform company, Usablenet, delivers Best Western's private and secure hotel reservation system to Facebook's more than 800 million active users. more...

ONLINE MARKETING | ANALYTICS

How the era of ‘Big-Data’ is changing online marketing

The growth in the volume and breadth of data across online marketing channels combined with the maturation of marketing technology to leverage that data cross-functionally means the era of big data is officially upon us. more...

ONLINE MARKETING | SEARCH

Top 10 takeaways from SES London 2012

Last week saw the annual SES (Search Engine Strategies) conference in 2012 where all the big names in search gave their view on the year ahead. The overarching hot topics were probably Google + and SoLoMo (Social, Local, Mobile). more...