An online coupon for $30 off a five-night booking with online travel service hotels.com was the top coupon in May 2010 according to coupon aggregator RetailMeNot, which recently released its coupon data report for the month.
August 01, 2014
Expedia Inc reported better-than-expected quarterly results, driven by higher hotel and flight bookings. Revenue from hotel bookings rose 23 percent - accounting for 71% of Expedia's total revenue - while air tickets revenue rose 22 percent. Advertising and media revenue rose 54 percent to $123 million.
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August 01, 2014
American Express reported a 1 percent decrease in global corporate travel sales versus the prior year-over-year period, to $4.9 billion. The slight decline followed three consecutive quarters of growth.
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August 01, 2014
Airbnb announced a self-commissioned study with an interesting claim: that Airbnb guests “use 63 percent less energy than hotel guests.” According to the study, North American Airbnb guests are more likely to use public transportation and to recycle than hotel guests are.
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August 01, 2014
Hilton was once an innovator. The pina colada cocktail is said to have been invented in 1954 at the Caribe Hilton in Puerto Rico, and pioneered the idea of an airport hotel in 1959 in San Francisco. But by 2007, many of Hilton's rooms were tired looking.
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August 01, 2014
According to a GBTA panel of panel of senior travel executives, airline consolidation will result in less choice for corporate travel buyers and mean many would have to focus on working with one or two joint ventures to obtain worthwhile negotiated fares and discounts.
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