Articles about Travel – Page 11 of 12

Priceline acquires Kayak for $1.8 billion

Priceline.com Inc. announced today the acquisition of fellow travel website Kayak. Priceline paid approximately $500 million of the consideration in cash… Read More

Expedia shares soar 13% as profits beat expectations

Shares of Expedia jumped more than 13 percent as the Bellevue online travel company reported stronger revenue and profits than… Read More

Startup Spotlight: Utrip aims to take the headaches out of travel planning

Planning a vacation can sometimes be more stress than it’s actually worth. Flight times, tickets, events, hotels, transportation, food —… Read More

Google buys Frommer’s travel guides

Google is buying another old-school media property, this time announcing that it has gobbled up the well known Frommer’s travel… Read More

IPO Friday: Kayak and Palo Alto Networks soar in debuts

It was one year ago today that Zillow competed its initial public offering, a milestone that we noted in our… Read More

Yapta charts new course with former Sabre exec as CEO

Online travel upstart Yapta continues on its new course today with the appointment of James Filsinger as CEO. A former… Read More

Firm files protest over Concur’s $1.4B government contract, dubs it an unfair 15-year monopoly

Shares of Concur Technologies soared earlier this month after the Redmond company was awarded a $1.4 billion contract to provide travel… Read More

Startup Spotlight: DealScoopr scours your social network to find the cheapest airfares

Nitesh Goyal spent seven years at Amazon.com, so it’s not a huge surprise that the 30-year-traces his entrepreneurial hunger to… Read More

The Geek’s Guide to Air Travel

You say you know what it’s like to live like a geek. But do you know how to fly like… Read More

Yapta unveils airfare price tracking service to save companies cash on travel

Paying too much for corporate travel? Yapta today is unveiling a new product called FareIQ that’s designed to notify corporations… Read More

Next IT’s virtual travel agent aids airlines without the human touch

You may have already come across “Jenn” at Alaskaair.com or “Alex” at United.com, the virtual travel agents that help consumers… Read More

Expedia shares slump after revenue grows by seven percent in Q4

Shares of Expedia fell more than seven percent in after hours trading after the Bellevue online travel company reported fourth-quarter… Read More

Legalize couchsurfing: Why renting rooms shouldn’t be like harboring fugitives

Tight budgets and the internet have given rise to the hottest new thing in travel accommodations. Web-based company Airbnb has received a… Read More

Expedia Worldwide president Scott Durchslag departs

Scott Durchslag has resigned as president of Expedia Worldwide after just 13 months on the job. Durchslag previously worked as chief… Read More

Is Google playing unfair in online travel?

One of the big fears over Google’s purchase earlier this year of ITA Software was that the search giant would… Read More

TripAdvisor takes flight from Expedia as a $4 billion company

After months of preparation, Expedia is finally waving goodbye to TripAdvisor. The companies announced today that they’ve successfully split operations,… Read More

Lockerz continues acquisition spree, buys travel site Off & Away

In what could best be described as a “talent acquisition,” Seattle startup Off & Away has been purchased by fast-growing… Read More

Yapta CEO Tom Romary departs for new job in Silicon Valley

Yapta chief executive Tom Romary is leaving the online travel company that he co-founded in 2006 to take a new… Read More

Expedia shareholders approve TripAdvisor spin-off

Expedia shareholders have approved the spin-off of TripAdvisor, the online travel review site. The deal — expected to occur on… Read More

Expedia boosts ownership in eLong by gobbling up stake from Renren

Expedia is investing more in China, a key market for the Bellevue online travel company’s international expansion efforts. The company… Read More

Startup Spotlight: Baby Shower For Guys looks to help dudes plan ‘mancations’

The bachelor party has become an important rite of passage for guys, marking the transition from single to married life.… Read More

Shares of Expedia slip after weakness in airfare bookings

Shares of Expedia fell more than five percent in after hours trading Thursday after the Bellevue-based online travel company posted… Read More

From CD-ROM to dot-com, Expedia celebrates 15 years

Fifteen years ago, Expedia took flight under the wings of Microsoft as a maker of CD-ROM travel guides. Today, it… Read More

Expedia CEO: TripAdvisor spin off ‘on track’ and why Google is a threat

Expedia CEO Dara Khosrowshahi — speaking at the Deutsche Bank Technology Conference in Las Vegas this week — said that the… Read More

How to skip airport lines: Alaska Airlines latest to debut mobile check-ins for iPhone users

Alaska Airlines has been soaring to new heights when it comes to technology offerings, replacing paper flight manuals for pilots… Read More

Smartphone users to get 2 months of free Wi-Fi on Alaska Air flights

Smartphone users traveling on Alaska Airlines will soon have an added benefit. During the months of August and September, any… Read More

Expedia’s mobile app downloads soar as revenue tops $1 billion

Shares of Expedia gained seven percent today in after hours trading following news that the company posted a 23 percent… Read More

Seattle online travel startup Yapta lands $5 million investment from Concur

Concur Technologies has been making a number of strategic bets in the online travel business in recent months, gobbling up… Read More

Groupon Getaways launches travel deals with Expedia

Early last month, Expedia and Groupon announced plans to work on a new discount service for online travel. Well, Groupon… Read More

Off & Away unfurls daily deal service for hotel rooms

Off & Away has quietly rolled out a new private sale service that allows its users to sign up for… Read More