Today Compete released its June 2011 normalized metrics for unique visitors to the wide range of websites tracked by the organization. Here are the results for the top Online Travel Agencies (OTAs). Expedia remains in the number one position with just over 19m unique visitors, up 12.07% from May and up year over year by …
The Online Travel Agencies (OTA) are an important part of the travel distribution story. Today’s feature is Expedia. Expedia began as a skunk works project within Microsoft, with then 29 year old [dare I say “pup”], Rich Barton at the helm. Unlike its competitors over the years, there were NO airline investors in Expedia. The …
This is the first in a new series, called Travel Industry Pedigree. In this series, we will look at how each of the major players in the travel space got their start. This graphic shows the corporate pedigree of Hotwire.com. Originally the brainchild of founders Eric Grosse, Karl Peterson, Gregg Brockway and Spencer Rascoff, the …
