tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13331370.post3410839606044868395..comments2023-10-21T14:45:00.295+01:00Comments on Travolution Blog: Some of the meta search engines don't deserve our money, say ExpediaTravolution Bloggerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14075713549142296853noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13331370.post-58559274534418653862007-09-21T16:56:00.001+01:002007-09-21T16:56:00.001+01:00Dave: Do you expect Expedia would work with you gu...Dave: Do you expect Expedia would work with you guys?Travolution Bloggerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14075713549142296853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13331370.post-81965752636732808322007-09-21T16:56:00.000+01:002007-09-21T16:56:00.000+01:00Ed: Thanks for the comments. yes, certainly was an...Ed: Thanks for the comments. yes, certainly was an incredibly smart move by Expedia Inc to purchase TripAdvisor. What price TripAdvisor these days eh?Travolution Bloggerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14075713549142296853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13331370.post-20455834033404832662007-09-21T15:35:00.000+01:002007-09-21T15:35:00.000+01:00Expedia have clearly laid down a challenge to the ...Expedia have clearly laid down a challenge to the Meta-Search players - add value to what we are doing or we will not work with you.<BR/><BR/>That seems fair enough given the strength and maturity of the Expedia proposition.<BR/><BR/>Adding value to our travel partners (as well as our users) is the whole concept behind Global Travel Market. Instead of taking a mass market, mass destination approach to Meta-Search as all of the other players in the market have done, Global Travel Market is the only Meta-Search player that develops market specific search platforms. With sites such as Australia Travel Market, Asia Travel Market and Biz Class Travel Market, Global Travel Market enables our partners to cost effectively target high yielding niche markets. <BR/><BR/>The challenge for us all is to find ways to add value. We believe we do just that. <BR/><BR/>Dave Simmons<BR/>Global Travel MarketAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13331370.post-12394543590387841472007-09-21T13:25:00.000+01:002007-09-21T13:25:00.000+01:00I think that Exedia Inc. is ahead of all the other...I think that Exedia Inc. is ahead of all the other Travel Sellers. Expedia.com has secured future distribution through Trip Advisor which Expedia Inc. bought.<BR/><BR/>In the UK you can see this on the Hitwise clickstream stats that they relay on Trip Advisor disproportionally for thier traffic compared to the other top 20 Travel Sellers in UK. I am not sure whether Expedia get more favourable rates from Trip Advisor, but who cares, they played the smarter move years ago and continue to do so.<BR/><BR/>I wrote an article on my Blog only earlier this week on this topic which goes into more stats. www.travelremark.com<BR/><BR/>Ed WhitingEd Whitinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06757012157735482416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13331370.post-77093114894015779522007-09-20T20:51:00.000+01:002007-09-20T20:51:00.000+01:00Guillaume: We were not suggesting it is a new deve...Guillaume: We were not suggesting it is a new development. The fact that Breakwell said this in 2004 and it remains the Expedia position is interesting in itself, despite the meteoric rise of some of the big MSEs, which would undoubtedly send SOME traffic their way.<BR/><BR/>As Peoples said in our session, Expedia does partner with Kayak in the US and it turns out that they also work with Kelkoo in some markets.<BR/><BR/>The rather frank admission for why they are not working with - in not so many words - TravelSupermarket is why we wrote the post.Travolution Bloggerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14075713549142296853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13331370.post-62602134801675927032007-09-20T20:38:00.000+01:002007-09-20T20:38:00.000+01:00This is no different from the way the electronics ...This is no different from the way the electronics dealers and many other types of retailers swore they would never pay for traffic from price comparison sites. <BR/><BR/>They didn't, until the traffic got big enough to be interesting, and then some of them did, and now all of them do.<BR/><BR/>Expedia is just trying to slow down the inevitable. This is probably the optimal strategy for them, but they must know that it says little about whether they can stop it happening.Nomenklaturahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03820461686410729192noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13331370.post-82583092079180063652007-09-20T19:35:00.000+01:002007-09-20T19:35:00.000+01:00Well the position of Expedia regarding meta search...Well the position of Expedia regarding meta search engines is not new. I remember that Simon Breakwell back in 2004 in a PhocusWright conference in Paris was also quite negative about these new entrants and said that he didn't feel meta search engines would bring significant added value to the consumer. Therefore, Expedia decided not to work with meta search engines because they were only focusing on prices. And if they started to work with these guys, they will allow a diversion of their direct traffic to the likes of Kayak and TravelSupermarket.<BR/><BR/>At least, they remain on the same strategy...<BR/><BR/>Guillaume<BR/>www.hotel-blogs.comAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com