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Posted By:  mtampoya
Posted On:  Oct 24, 2007

  Expedia and the email fiasco

A few weeks ago, Mark and I went to the West Coast for our vacation . Part of our trip was spent in Jasper, which is where the expedia email fiasco took place. I did a wee-mini powerpoint presentation in Google Docs - since I haven't used that yet. (pretty coolio) Here it is on SlideShare:...... [view]

Posted By:  stuartma
Posted On:  Sep 21, 2007

  Expedia gets serious top-of-the-funnel religion

Just happened across this: "TripAdvisor also recently announced the acquisition of smartertravel.com, bookingbuddy.com; SeatGuru.com; TravelPod.com; and Travel-Library.com. TripAdvisor also recently announced the acquisition of smartertravel.com, bookingbuddy.com; SeatGuru.com;...... [view]

Posted By:  stuartma
Posted On:  Jun 19, 2007

  Expedia to launch massive share buy-back: FT - UPDATED

Hardly shocking to read that IAC -controlled Expedia is possibly looking to buy-back $3.5 billion in stock or up to 42% of the company at an offer of $30/share. The Financial Times also reports that there are rumours the company may spin out it’s TripAdvisor unit and eliminate up to 400...... [view]

Posted By:  stuartma
Posted On:  Jun 19, 2007

  Expedia to launch massive share buy-back: FT

Hardly shocking to read that IAC -controlled Expedia is possibly looking to buy-back $3.5 billion in stock or up to 42% of the company at an offer of $30/share. The Financial Times also reports that there are rumours the company may spin out it’s TripAdvisor unit and eliminate up to 400...... [view]

Posted By:  Sourisencoree
Posted On:  Jun 19, 2007

  Korean dolls

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Posted By:  Sourisencoree
Posted On:  Jun 19, 2007

  Traditional music and dance @ Dano Festival in Hanok Village, Chungmuro, Seoul

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Posted By:  stuartma
Posted On:  Jun 14, 2007

  I'm in the Globe and Mail talking about WestJet

I share a few thoughts about WestJet's challenge to expand distribution in the US, and add new routes. The story is here . The Star Alliance comment is true, but the real issues are deeper than what the reporter was able to fit into the story. Firstly, the real strength of Star Alliance...... [view]

Posted By:  stuartma
Posted On:  Jun 3, 2007

  WSJ on TripAdvisor

Great piece here . My view: they underestimate the "commerce" part by a long shot. TripAdvisor jumped the shark eons ago; it's a store pure and simple at this point, lipstick or not. But still a good story and they are still the most successful example of monetizing community this side of...... [view]

Posted By:  stuartma
Posted On:  Nov 17, 2006

  US airlines strengthening: good news or bad, depending on your viewpoint

The Economist has a quick, solid piece covering the increasing fortunes of the old-school US commercial airline business. In short, the US$35 *billion* they have lost over the past five years (yes, you read that right) seems to have finally, possibly, just maybe, driven them to gain a closer...... [view]

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