Apr 12th, 2012 at 4:00PM: Capitalizing on the success of apps like Hotel Tonight, Priceline Group's Booking.com has launched a same-day booking product for iPhone and iPod touch.
The inherent advantage with this app is Booking.com's much larger user base – over 200,000 hotels. While we're longtime fans of Hotel Tonight, which allows us to find some of our favorite name-brand hotels at a lower cost, we're well ...Click on a label to read posts from that part of the world.
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Booking.com Launches Last Minute Hotel App
Apr 12th, 2012 at 4:00PM: Capitalizing on the success of apps like Hotel Tonight, Priceline Group's Booking.com has launched a same-day booking product for iPhone and iPod touch.
The inherent advantage with this app is Booking.com's much larger user base – over 200,000 hotels. While we're longtime fans of Hotel Tonight, which allows us to find some of our favorite name-brand hotels at a lower cost, we're well ...Find hotel deals with new booking site Guestmob
Mar 22nd, 2012 at 2:00PM: The Internet has brought us many ways to research and book hotels at prices much lower than the hotels' published rate. Aggregate sites like Kayak and Orbitz give you the best available rate (BAR) without pre-payment on a specific hotel, while "opaque" sites like Priceline and Hotwire allow you to bid for a room below BAR but the actual property remains hidden until after you book and the purchase ...Luxury vacations now within reach through new travel service
Mar 8th, 2012 at 1:00PM: For many travelers, a luxury vacation is a thing for which to save, splurge on for a special occasion, or hope to do some day. Adventure travelers often do not even have luxury vacations on their radar and are more apt to grab the backpack than to hit the road. But luxury vacations do not have to be for just the rich and famous. An online source for discounts on luxury is bringing that world ...How to game Priceline to get the best deal on a hotel room
Feb 9th, 2012 at 11:00AM: If you like to stay in nice hotels but hate paying full price for them, you've probably tried to bid for a room on Priceline at some point. But are you sure you got the lowest possible price? I've been using Priceline to bid on hotel rooms for years and I think I have the experience down to a science. Here's how I use the site.
Map out a bidding strategy using free re-bids
If you're familiar ...Priceline launches hotels for tonight app
Oct 6th, 2011 at 3:00PM: In a potential attempt to compete with apps like Hotel Tonight, Priceline has launched a new Tonight-Only Deals hotel reservations service that is being bundled into its free Hotel & Rental Car Negotiator app for the iPhone and iPod Touch. The new service enables last-minute travelers to choose the exact hotels they want for stays the same night and still enjoy Priceline's discounts. ...Online travel company lawsuits heat up, cool off
Mar 27th, 2011 at 9:00AM:
Going back more than 10 years, U.S. city and state governments have been suing online travel sites for underpaying general excise and hotel taxes. Now, lawsuits filed years ago are being heard and the story continues as mixed verdicts come in.
First, here's the beef. Online travel companies purchase unused hotel room inventory and then sell those rooms to consumers at a marked-up price. ...The Bidding Traveler takes the pain out of becoming a Priceline expert
Feb 7th, 2011 at 5:00PM:
Back in 2009, Gadling posted a list of tips on how to become a Priceline expert. In that article, we discussed things like "free rebids" and how to find the best way to determine how much to bid.
Now, two years later, a site has been developed that can take all the pain out that process. The Bidding Traveler knows everything there is to know about bidding on Priceline and all the tricks you ...American Airlines is talking to Expedia and Orbitz (about the WRONG stuff)
Jan 5th, 2011 at 1:00PM: American Airlines isn't giving up. Despite having pulled out of Orbitz and been booted by Expedia, the company says it's still talking to the two online travel agencies and is hopeful for a resolution. According to Dow Jones, these are "active discussions" and that American Airlines is "comfortable" with booking results.
Nonetheless, American is still betting on Direct Connect as its preferred ...Brand Wars: The Airline Booking Battle Will Be Televised
Dec 6th, 2010 at 2:00PM:
Online travel agencies have had a solid run over the past two years. They picked up some market share as would-be travelers were willing to poke around a little more to score cheap tickets. High rates of unemployment and under-employment and general economic uncertainty, of course, were enough to make consumers value every dollar a little more. This opened an opportunity for online travel ...Europeans love online travel agencies, up 10% this year
Nov 24th, 2010 at 1:00PM: It looks like the internet is no longer a fad ... at least not in Europe. Forecasts from travel market research firm PhoCusWright put 2010 growth in the European online travel industry at 10 percent, a smile-inducing turn from the 1 percent gain posted last year, not to mention 11 percent decline in 2009 for the entire European travel market (which is up only 2 percent this year, it appears).
...Take "The Negotiator" on the road with the new Priceline app for the iPhone
Feb 28th, 2010 at 10:30AM: I've been a huge Priceline fan ever since I scored my first $20 five-star hotel room back in 2001. The ability to "name your own price" and hope for the best may seem scary, but after your first couple of rooms, you learn to have faith in "The Negotiator".
Up until now, accessing Priceline required a desktop or laptop, or a lot of patience on a mobile browser. Thankfully, iPhone users can now ...Five predictions for the European travel market
Dec 22nd, 2009 at 8:30AM: The end of the year is the time for all kinds of predictions for the next one. Usually, I treat such conjecture as the bullshit that it is, but when PhoCusWright puts out a list of what'll happen for the travel market, I tend to take it a little much more seriously.
The worldwide recession is still squeezing the European travel market, but the online sector is likely to be the star next year, ...Online bookings just got cheaper!
Jun 2nd, 2009 at 4:00PM: Online travel deals just got better. Even though airlines are tacking on extra fees, fares have been plunging for a while now, so it still cuts in favor of travelers. Travel websites have started to get in on the savings, too. Several sites are ditching their booking fees - at least temporarily.
Orbitz, Travelocity and Expedia announced yesterday that they are waiving their booking fees. For ...Budget travel - mastering the art of Priceline hotel deals
Feb 16th, 2009 at 11:30AM: You have probably seen the commercials - poor traveler needs a hot deal, and in jumps William Shatner, "The Priceline Negotiator". Priceline has been around for almost 10 years, and in those 10 years they have helped me (along with millions of others) snag a hotel room where I need it, when I need it, for the price I want. I know it sounds like I'm being paid by Shatner himself, but when you can ...The truth behind Priceline's "Sunshine Guaranteed" vacation package
Jun 9th, 2008 at 11:30AM: Priceline recently announced the details of their "Sunshine Guaranteed" vacation package which offers vacationers a "refund if their vacation is rained out." As expected, to actually receive a refund from Priceline, the forces of nature must properly align in order to meet the rigid conditions set by the fine print. For example,
You must book between June 2 and July 17, 2008 and travel between ...
