Articles tagged “hopper”

Online Travel

Latin America’s Despegar Opens Travel Agencies to Get Travelers to Book Online

If you work for an online travel agency and suggested it open brick-and-mortar stores to bring customers online, you would get very quizzical looks, at the least. Let's see if it works in Argentina and Brazil for Despegar/Decolar.

Dennis Schaal | 2 months ago

Latin America’s Despegar Opens Travel Agencies to Get Travelers to Book Online

Hotels

Hopper Has a Hotel Chain Problem

Hopper is under pressure to get profitable, and an IPO may be in its long-range plans. Blowback against some of its fintech products and issues with hotel chains, aren't helping.

Dennis Schaal | 4 months ago

Hopper Has a Hotel Chain Problem

Announcements

India’s Boom, Big Banks, and AI: How Our 2023 Megatrends Are Playing Out

From travel marketing's AI-infused reboot to blended travel's entrenchment and the rise of Indian travelers as a force, Skift's 2023 Travel Megatrends are holding up nicely. That's a teaser for Megatrends 2024-style.

Dennis Schaal | 4 months ago

India’s Boom, Big Banks, and AI: How Our 2023 Megatrends Are Playing Out

Online Travel

Chase Travel Exec On How In-House Agency and Tech Provide an Edge

Chase Travel and American Express Travel are among the top handful of leisure travel sellers in the U.S. That's mostly good news for online travel agency partners, as well.

Dennis Schaal | 4 months ago

Chase Travel Exec On How In-House Agency and Tech Provide an Edge

Short-Term Rentals

Vrbo Kicked Out ‘A Large Number’ of Hosts for Cancelling Guest Bookings

When online travel agencies trot out statistics on their numbers of properties, is it a vanity thing or something more strategic? If you take Vrbo at its word, it's going for quality over quantity.

Dennis Schaal | 6 months ago

Vrbo Kicked Out ‘A Large Number’ of Hosts for Cancelling Guest Bookings

Online Travel

Hopper’s Big Week of Change

Hopper's termination of its partnership with Booking.com reveals the deeper challenges the travel app is facing, forcing it to focus on direct hotel relationships as it tries to become profitable.

Jason Clampet | 7 months ago

Hopper’s Big Week of Change

Online Travel

Exclusive: Hopper Terminates Booking.com Partnership in Preemptive Strike

Hopper is in a much deeper state of hurt than it is letting on. It has a trimmed down vision to focus on direct hotel relationships after two of the biggest online travel agencies in the world departed as partners.

Dennis Schaal | 7 months ago

Exclusive: Hopper Terminates Booking.com Partnership in Preemptive Strike

Online Travel

Expedia vs. Hopper: We Tested How Many ‘Taps’ to Book a Flight

To book a flight through the Expedia app is certainly sleeker and more transparent than through Hopper. Still, Hopper claims to be winning market share.

Dennis Schaal | 7 months ago

Expedia vs. Hopper: We Tested How Many ‘Taps’ to Book a Flight

Online Travel

Hopper CEO Fred Lalonde: Growth Plans and Defending Fintech – Full Video

The current investment climate no longer values growth at all costs. That's the reality Hopper, the fast-growing online travel and fintech company, faces as it charts a way forward.

Selene Brophy | 7 months ago

Hopper CEO Fred Lalonde: Growth Plans and Defending Fintech – Full Video

Online Travel

Hopper Cuts 30% of Staff in Bid to Get Profitable

Hopper's burn and growth rates were unsustainable — even for a company that had raised $730 million.

Dennis Schaal | 7 months ago

Hopper Cuts 30% of Staff in Bid to Get Profitable