Priceline News
Book on Priceline and then get canned? No Problem!
Today, Priceline announced a new insurance product which protects against, among other things, job loss due to a layoff or involuntary termination.
Priceline.com To Webcast 2nd Quarter 2009 Financial Results Priceline.com announced
Priceline.com announced today that it intends to hold a conference call to discuss its 2nd quarter 2009 financial results on August 10, 2009, at 4:30 p.m. ET.
Priceline.com launches enhanced reservation service
Priceline.com announced today the launch of its new, enhanced hotel reservation service that makes it easier to find the best hotels and the best deals. The service provides a streamlined yet powerful shopping experience with comprehensive hotel information, multiple search options and priceline.com’s hotel guest scorecard/review programme for hotels.
Priceline.com and LeisureLink join forces
Priceline.com and LeisureLink, the leading distribution and revenue management platform for specialty lodging suppliers, announced today that priceline.com’s published-price hotel service will offer its customers booking access to LeisureLink’s network of condos, timeshares, vacation properties and boutique resorts in the U.S., Canada and Mexico. Terms of the partnership were not announced.
Priceline.com’s Travel Ekspert Offers Crash Course In Negotiating Killer Hotel Deals
Can you speak the language of the deal? 2009 is shaping up to be a banner year for bargains as hotels aggressively court travelers to fill unsold rooms. Today priceline.com’s resident “Travel Ekspert,” Brian Ek, offered some on-the-spot tutoring for leisure travelers looking to get the most out of priceline.com’s Name Your Own Price® hotel service.
Priceline’s Airfare Index for Week of March 30, 2009
Priceline.com’s Airfare Index is a tracking barometer that looks for the largest week-to-week swings in average published-price roundtrip airfares for select markets. Each dollar amount shown is the average of the lowest fares returned through multiple airfare searches for flights that are at least 7 days away from departure. The percentage change compares fare averages for the current week with those from the previous week. Amounts shown include all taxes and airline fees. Airfare pricing is subject to change and there is no guarantee that any airfare will be available at the amounts shown.
priceline.com offers automatic price protection
priceline.com? has announced that it is offering automatic Pricedrop Protection for all airline tickets and Priceline Vacation Packages as part of a special Spring travel promotion that applies to all bookings made through to 1 June 2009.
Priceline.com’s Airfare Index
Priceline.com’s (Nasdaq: PCLN) Airfare Index is a tracking barometer that looks for the largest week-to-week swings in average published-price roundtrip airfares for select markets. Each dollar amount shown is the average of the lowest fares returned through multiple airfare searches for flights that are at least 7 days away from departure. The percentage change compares fare averages for the current week with those from the previous week. Amounts shown include all taxes and airline fees. Airfare pricing is subject to change and there is no guarantee that any airfare will be available at the amounts shown.
Priceline offers travel tips
According to a recent priceline.com survey of airline ticket prices, average holidayairfares around the country for December travel are flat to down about2% this year versus last.
Exclusive Interview: Priceline.com
Few companies had a greater impact on the travel industry than Priceline.com “Name-Your-Own-Price” service. What began as an outlet to “name-your-price” for airline travel in 1998, soon expanded to car rentals and hotels. Hit by the many difficult conditions that 2002 brought, Priceline.com had to quickly change their strategy, citing continuing difficulties in air travel business to their rapid losses in revenue. Priceline.com began to switch their focus from air travel (previously their main product offering) to their hotel and vacation package businesses. After a nearly full year hiatus, Priceline.com are now re-marketing their airline product, with the deployment of a new service designed to address low bind rates.Following the release of their 3Q results, Internet Travel News talks to Glenn Fogel, Senior Vice President, International, Priceline.com.