Hostelworld taps Expedia head of retail as new CEO
Meanwhile, we've taped coffee as our new head of productivity. So far it's working wonders.
TripAdvisor and Booking Holdings’ major new acquisitions
It looks like a booking technology war is brewing between the two companies and we are LIVING for this drama.
The OTA business model changing the game
Here's what travel companies are doing to adapt to the tech take over. We're combatting the Monday take-over with an inc...
Is Booking.com turning into an OTA?
Booking.com looks like its morphing into an OTA. Meanwhile, Airbnb openly challenges its competitors in a feisty open le...
Penny Spencer: “There’s a reason agents have been a thing since, well forever”
There's also a reason painkillers have an increase in sales every Monday morning. But that's another story altogether. O...
Is Webjet’s threat to agents intensifying?
Webjet's growth has surprised even us. We're talking about the huge increase in profits that is, not a newly formed skin...
Flight Centre results: Profit up 23%, huge increase in OTA sales
We've had seven coffees to get through this report and our fingers are shaking. Please excuse any grammatical mistakes, ...
OTAs serve up even bigger trouble for hotels
Did you fall asleep during your boss's speech on OTA's and the hotel industry? Give this a quick read and avoid looking ...
Our products will be “more complex, high-end”: Skroo
Skroo has put product growth at the top of his New Year's Resolutions, although denied #2 was 'buying shirts with long s...
How worried should agents be about 7Travel?
7Travel's entrance into the OTA market is about as welcome as our cousin's kids who steal all our money at Christmas lun...
Channel Seven launches OTA
Channel Seven is dipping its hand into the world of travel. Although that's not to say there was any hanky panky.
“Webjet is certainly a threat to agents”: TC boss Fred van Eijk
We're known in our office to be a bit threatening, but that's only because someone ate the last Tim Tam. Our reaction wa...
“We are the #1 OTA”: Webjet MD
Please enjoy this very unrealistic iStock photo of what we imagine the Webjet MD was doing while making this announcemen...
Webjet execs’ bonuses more than triple
Webjet execs will definitely be bringing home the bacon from 2018 onward, or the wagyu steak by the looks of their earni...
“Travel Agents save you time and money”: Wendy Wu
We barely listened to Wendy's responses because we were too busy staring longingly at her. Until she said she felt uncom...
Viking Cruises unveils OTA portal
Viking is "cruising" into the OTA space. See what we did there? We even used quotation marks for added gravitas.
75% of Aussies think robots will pinch their jobs
If a robot tries to take your job, just banish them with a crucifix and cloves of garlic. Hold on, that only works on va...
“There’s enough room for all players”: Expedia
Expedia has extended an olive branch to traditional travel agents, although it only stretched about a metre out of their...