This week’s OTA & Travel Distribution Update for the week ending June 15, 2018 is below. Hometown favorite, Amazon, features heavily in this week’s Update.
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This week’s OTA & Travel Distribution Update features a variety of stories, including renewed federal efforts to legislate third-party booking engines’ disclosure requirements. Enjoy....more
6/8/2018
/ AirBnB ,
Airlines ,
Business Travel ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Emerging Growth Companies ,
Expedia ,
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Google ,
Hotels ,
Hyatt ,
India ,
Legislative Agendas ,
Online Platforms ,
Online Travel Vendors ,
Resale Pricing ,
Travel Expenses ,
Travelers ,
Unfair or Deceptive Trade Practices
This week’s OTA & Travel Distribution Update for the week ending May 18, 2018, is below. This week’s Update features our fourth installment in our 6-part series on alleged anti-trust abuses by hoteliers arising from their...more
5/29/2018
/ Antitrust Violations ,
Class Action ,
Expedia ,
Facebook ,
Hotels ,
Japan ,
Keyword Search ,
Marriott ,
Online Distribution ,
Online Platforms ,
Short-Term Lease ,
Tourism ,
Tourists ,
Travelers ,
TripAdvisor ,
Trivago
Australian Authorities Confirm Renewed Interest in Parity Provisions -
("Online Booking Clauses Still Cause for Concern for Australian Competition Authority," MLex, April 11, 2018) (subscription required) -
Speaking...more
4/20/2018
/ Airlines ,
Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) ,
Austria ,
Booking.com ,
Competition ,
Expedia ,
Forum Selection ,
Hotels ,
Investigations ,
Ireland ,
Motion to Dismiss ,
Online Platforms ,
Rate Parity Agreement ,
Short-Term Lease ,
Singapore ,
Suppliers ,
Travelers ,
Web Scraping
This week’s OTA & Travel Distribution Update for the week ending April 6, 2018 is below. A variety of stories are featured in this week’s Update, including an interesting follow up story on Red Lion’s somewhat unique (and...more
4/16/2018
/ Airlines ,
Artificial Intelligence ,
Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) ,
Austria ,
Brand ,
Competition ,
Customer-Loyalty Programs ,
Expedia ,
Fines ,
Hotels ,
Marriott ,
Microsoft ,
Online Platforms ,
Online Travel Vendors ,
Price-Fixing ,
Rate Parity Agreement ,
Travelers
This week’s OTA & Travel Distribution Update for the week ending March 30, 2018 is below. This week’s Update features a heavy dose of OTA updates....more
4/9/2018
/ Airlines ,
Booking.com ,
Brazil ,
Car Rentals ,
Competition Authorities ,
Customer Information ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Expedia ,
Hackers ,
Hotels ,
Online Platforms ,
Online Travel Vendors ,
Orbitz ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Priceline ,
Rate Parity Agreement ,
Settlement Agreements ,
Travelers
This week’s OTA & Travel Distribution Update is below and features a variety of stories – EU regulation, AI-powered chatbots, direct booking, connectivity and taxes....more
2/19/2018
/ AirBnB ,
Antitrust Provisions ,
Appeals ,
Denial of Rehearing ,
EU ,
Expedia ,
Germany ,
Hotel Tax ,
Hotels ,
Municipalities ,
Online Platforms ,
Priceline ,
Rate Parity Agreement ,
Rental Property ,
Short-Term Lease ,
Social Media ,
Stock Prices ,
Trivago
This week’s rather short OTA & Travel Distribution Update is below....more
2/12/2018
/ Airlines ,
Dividends ,
Expedia ,
Google ,
Hotels ,
Online Distribution ,
Online Platforms ,
Online Travel Vendors ,
Payment Systems ,
Priceline ,
Travel Delays ,
Travelers ,
Wells Fargo
This week’s OTA & Travel Distribution Update for the week ending December 8, 2017 is below. OTA powerhouses, Expedia and Booking.com, feature prominently in this week’s Update....more
12/18/2017
/ AirBnB ,
Appeals ,
Booking.com ,
Cameras ,
China ,
Class Action ,
Expedia ,
Hotels ,
Online Platforms ,
Online Travel Vendors ,
Tourism ,
Travelers
Our weekly OTA & Travel Distribution Update for the week ending December 1, 2017 is below. This week’s Update features a variety of distribution stories as well as a report on the latest rankings of the large hotel loyalty...more
12/11/2017
/ Amazon ,
Customer-Loyalty Programs ,
Expedia ,
Google ,
Hotels ,
Hyatt ,
Microsoft ,
Online Distribution ,
Online Platforms ,
Online Travel Vendors ,
Ryanair ,
Smart Devices ,
Travelers ,
Web Scraping
This week’s Update for the shortened week ending Wednesday, November 22, is below....more
This week’s OTA & Travel Distribution Update for the week ending November 10, 2017 is below. Senator Kobuchar’s recent request for an DOJ and FTC investigation into OTAs’ purportedly anti-competitive practices leads this...more
11/20/2017
/ Anti-Competitive ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Department of Transportation (DOT) ,
Expedia ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Homeaway ,
Hotels ,
Investigations ,
Online Platforms ,
Online Travel Vendors ,
Policies and Procedures ,
Priceline ,
Rental Property ,
Short-Term Lease ,
Travelers ,
TripAdvisor ,
Trivago ,
Twitter ,
UK ,
UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) ,
Websites
Our weekly OTA & Travel Distribution Update for the week ending, Friday, November 3, is below. The week’s update features a variety of stories, including a potentially landmark purchase by Airbnb....more
11/13/2017
/ Affordable Housing ,
AirBnB ,
Airlines ,
Expedia ,
Google ,
Land Use Restrictions ,
Online Distribution ,
Online Platforms ,
Online Travel Vendors ,
Orbitz ,
Pending Legislation ,
Property Tax ,
Search Engines ,
Short-Term Lease ,
Travelers ,
Vacation Rentals ,
Wall Street Journal ,
Wyndham
A number of updated and new stories in this week’s OTA & Travel Distribution Update for the week ending July 14, 2017. We hope you enjoy.
Expedia’s MeetingMarket Now Speaks English [OTA/GROUP]
("Expedia extends...more
7/25/2017
/ AirBnB ,
Amazon Echo ,
Car Rentals ,
Customer-Loyalty Programs ,
Data Breach ,
Expedia ,
Harvard University ,
Hospitality Industry ,
Hotels ,
Industry Consolidation ,
Online Platforms ,
Online Travel Vendors ,
Priceline ,
Third-Party ,
Travel