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Booking.com Fintech Lead Unpacks Payments Pivot, Vision To Refine Travel Experience
Tuesday, July 27, 2021 - 11:20am | 635Read More...The worst part of travel often comes down to payments, loyalty rewards and customer service. That’s according to Daniel Marovitz, the senior vice president of fintech at Booking Holdings Inc's (NASDAQ: BKNG) Booking.com, with whom Benzinga spoke on how a new fintech unit...
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Fintech Focus For July 12, 2021
Sunday, July 11, 2021 - 10:02pm | 2090Read More...Quote To Start The Day: “The real test is not whether you avoid this failure, because you won't. It's whether you let it harden or shame you into inaction, or whether you learn from it; whether you choose to persevere.” Source: Barack Obama One Big Thing In Fintech: Robinhood...
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Fintech Focus For July 9, 2021
Thursday, July 8, 2021 - 6:55pm | 1933Read More...Quote To Start The Day: “Life is a long lesson in humility.” Source: James M. Barrie One Big Thing In Fintech: Derivatives could be the next financial “lego block” to be disrupted by DeFi. To get an idea of how massive the opportunity is, spot trades (stocks, bonds,...
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Fintech Focus For July 6, 2021
Monday, July 5, 2021 - 9:26pm | 2275Read More...Quote To Start The Day: “Money is made by sitting, not trading.” Source: Jesse Livermore One Big Thing In Fintech: In a working paper published on July 1, researchers with the Bank for International Settlements looked at trends among crypto investors. Central to the research was a...
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Priceline Disappoints In Q2, But Remains Market Leader
Thursday, August 10, 2017 - 10:37am | 358Read More...Priceline Group Inc (NASDAQ: PCLN) shares tanked 6.9 percent Wednesday after the company’s second-quarter earnings report fell short of market expectations. However, long-term investors shouldn’t read too much into one disappointing quarter, as Priceline remains the gold standard of...
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Vacasa And Booking.com Launch Partnership To Offer Alternative Accommodations On The Platform
Thursday, May 18, 2017 - 9:01am | 666Read More...Vacasa, the second largest U.S. vacation rental platform has announced that more than 4,500 of its properties will now be available on Priceline Group Inc (NASDAQ: PCLN)'s Booking.com. “We’re always looking for ways to expand our value proposition and better market the homes in our...
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Is Expedia's Room-Night Growth The Biggest Risk To Priceline?
Tuesday, November 8, 2016 - 10:36am | 344Read More...Priceline Group Inc (NASDAQ: PCLN) reported robust Q3 results, handily beating the consensus expectations, with top-line outperformance driven by a strong pickup in room-night growth. Cantor Fitzgerald’s Naved Khan maintains a Buy rating on the company, while raising the price target from $1,...
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Priceline's Room-Night Acceleration Continues For Q3; Q4 Will Be A Different Story
Tuesday, November 8, 2016 - 10:09am | 316Read More...Priceline Group Inc (NASDAQ: PCLN) delivered a Q3 beat, with a re-acceleration in room-night growth, highlighting further share gains in the United States. However, comps will be tougher in Q4, and a room-night acceleration from Q3 levels is unlikely, Pacific Crest’s Brad Erickson pointed out...
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Cities Where Airbnb Is Most Useful (Take Heed, Rio Olympics Attendees)
Thursday, July 21, 2016 - 5:34pm | 307Read More...As an avid traveler, it’s hard not to love Airbnb. The site offers short-term accommodation in apartments around the world for a fraction of the price of a hotel room. Airbnb offers more than two million accommodation options in 191 countries and 34K around the globe. However, the site...
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U.S. Companies Race To Set Up Shop In Cuba
Tuesday, March 22, 2016 - 4:35pm | 594Read More...Last year, the U.S. embassy in Cuba reopened after more than 50 years. This week, President Barack Obama became the first U.S. head of state to visit the Caribbean country since the 1959 revolution. Executives from major U.S. companies joined the leader, looking to create new business...
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Booking.com Under Scrutiny In Germany, Company Says It Provides 'Transparency, Choice And Value' To Consumers
Wednesday, December 23, 2015 - 12:47pm | 245Read More...Germany's antitrust regulator ordered Priceline Group Inc (NASDAQ: PCLN)'s Booking.com site to terminate a practice that bans hotels from offering rooms at a lower price on their own website. Reuters noted that this practice is common among online travel agencies and Booking.com has...
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TripAdvisor's Exclusivity Deal With Priceline: Expedia Just Spilled The Beans
Thursday, November 19, 2015 - 3:25pm | 412Read More...Tripadvisor Inc (NASDAQ: TRIP) announced it has entered into a new agreement with Priceline Group Inc (NASDAQ: PCLN) for its Instant Booking feature. As part of the agreement, Priceline's Booking.com site will initially be included in the Instant Booking feature with its sister properties to be...
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New Partnership Could Help Priceline Just As Much As It Helps TripAdvisor: Here's Why
Thursday, October 15, 2015 - 2:21pm | 528Read More...Tripadvisor Inc (NASDAQ: TRIP) announced a partnership with Priceline Group Inc (NASDAQ: PCLN) whereby some of Priceline Group's online travel brands will participate in TripAdvisor's Instant Booking feature. Shares of TripAdvisor surged higher by more than 25 percent following the announcement,...
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TripAdvisor Rips Following New Agreement With Priceline
Wednesday, October 14, 2015 - 9:43am | 398Read More...Shares of Tripadvisor Inc (NASDAQ: TRIP) surged higher by more than 25 percent in Wednesday's pre-market session. Tripadvisor announced a strategic partnership with Priceline Group Inc (NASDAQ: PCLN) Under the agreement, some of Priceline's brands will participate in TripAdvisor...
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Piper Jaffray: Priceline's Negative Issues 'Stabilizing Or Becoming Positive,' Reiterates Overweight
Tuesday, August 25, 2015 - 10:40am | 348Read More...Shares of Priceline Group Inc (NASDAQ: PCLN) have dipped around 15 percent since its second-quarter print despite reporting numbers above Street estimates and issuing in-line guidance. Michael Olson of Piper Jaffray commented in a note on Tuesday that the downward move in the stock actually...
