GLG News by Online Travel Agency and Industry Experts (North America)

Expedia is caught between a number of not very nice pressures. Global shrinking transactions, reduced ad expenditures, lack of blockbuster new global markets and increased competition from other OTAs as well as Suppliers. Expedia has to outperform its peers, this time however its bulk may not help...

The inevitable happened.  Regulators killed the Yahoo-Google agreement before it started        1) There is not enough distribution for interactive ads and Google did not see this as meaningful incremental traffic to waste the time and energy fighting...

With the economy as a clear priority of the new administration, the world markets reacted to the election of Barack Obama, with investors voting with their wallets. In Asia, the Nikkei, the major index for the Tokyo Stock Exchange, closed up 4.5%. South Korea's Kospi composite index...

Airlines are enjoying much lower fuel costs than they did in the summer of 2008.  Perhaps the use of the word "enjoy" and the notion that recovery is around the corner is a bit like a weatherman in the middle of a hurricane talking about tomorrow's sunshine.  At least that was the observation...

Airlines are enjoying much lower fuel costs than they did in the summer of 2008.  Perhaps the use of the word "enjoy" and the notion that recovery is around the corner is a bit like a weatherman in the middle of a hurricane talking about tomorrow's sunshine.  At least that was the observation...

CAL is the first to report September traffic and it is NOT pretty, while capacity was cut - traffic declined even further. There will be more cuts to come as load factors fall across the US System. CAL is one of the airlines better positioned to handle the downturn so their numbers are likely to be...

I agree with Paul's analysis and associated conclusions.  I would also add that when Google reaches the level of reliability attained by other SaaS like suppliers (SalesForce.com, etc.) then their gmail offering will become acceptable to the enterprise businesses. 

China Mobile is keen on the Android phones.  In addition to HTC, China Mobile has formed a joint venture with a local startup to build Android phones. 

The HTC Android phone will be closely compared with the 3G iPhone.  Most likely the look and feel won't be as sleek as the iPhone.  However, Android phones will have the processing speed that is hard to beat.  In addition, the open handset model features may not initially be impressive. ...

Airlines have been milking their frequent flyer programs and essentially selling something for nothing. But with IFRIC13 there is now a significant impact on their balance sheets. Are airlines opening themselves up for a problem that will haunt them for the future?