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EXCLUSIVE: Who Wants To Own The 2 Hottest SPAC Domains, SPAC.com And SPACs.com?
Tuesday, April 13, 2021 - 11:00am | 555Read More...The Gist: If you’ve been following the markets in 2021, you surely have heard of SPACs. Well, today, in my column, I have a whopper for you. Here’s your chance to own the metaphorical Boardwalk or Park Place of Spac domain world. What Are SPACs: In 2020, special purpose acquisition...
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To Celebrate 4/20, Hotels.com Will Pay For Your Room Service Food Cravings
Monday, April 12, 2021 - 3:41pm | 337Read More...This year for the unofficial cannabis holiday 4/20, Expedia Group Inc (NASDAQ: EXPE)'s online booking service company Hotels.com has prepared a special treat dubbed "munchie money." The company will finance room service tabs on April 20, for 20 "lucky travelers."...
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Trivago Has Its Niche, But 'There's A Lot Of Room To Grow'
Wednesday, May 17, 2017 - 9:11am | 382Read More...Trivago NV - ADR (NASDAQ: TRVG) reported its first earnings release as a public company Monday. Adjusted EBITDA was €19.3 million versus €7.7M in the same quarter last year. Sales grew 68 percent year-over-year to €267.6 million. Shares rose sharply, peaking at an all-time high of $...
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Airbnb Under Fire For Allowing 'Illegal' Listings On Disputed Land Controlled By Israel
Thursday, May 12, 2016 - 2:22pm | 300Read More...Airbnb recently came under fire at TechCrunch's Disrupt competition, where a protester from CodePink held up a banner that read "Airbnb hosts apartheid [emphasis omitted]." Airbnb has allowed users to list properties on land that Israel occupied and displaced Palestinians. Critics have blasted the...
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Expedia Or Priceline: Which Would You Rather?
Monday, August 11, 2014 - 9:18am | 507Read More...In the race for supremacy in the online travel sector, several companies have held their own. Two -– Priceline (NASDAQ: PCLN) and Expedia (NASDAQ: EXPE) –- are solid stock picks. If you have them in your portfolio already, you know they are strong performers and will likely only get...
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Denver's 420 Marijuana Festival Reportedly Creates Tourism Windfall
Tuesday, April 15, 2014 - 3:56pm | 562Read More...There are a lot of explanations for the stoner term, “420.” Some people say it represents 4:20 p.m., the time immediately after classes when a group of California high school students in the 1970s used to gather to get high. Whatever its origins, 420 has entered the U.S. lexicon as a reference...
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SpareFoot Wants To Be The Hotels.com Of Self-Storage
Wednesday, December 4, 2013 - 2:43pm | 956Read More...One of the best-ranked employers in Austin, Texas wants to become the Hotels.com of the self-storage industry. SpareFoot, the largest online inventory of storage units, did not start out as a way to link consumers with storage facilities. The site was born when Chuck Gordon decided to study abroad...
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Hotel Reservations Pioneer Bob Diener Talks Growth, Innovation, and New Beginnings
Thursday, August 4, 2011 - 7:48am | 822Read More...Before broadband, before social media, before most of the world had signed online, Bob Diener was there, exploring the future. Diener is responsible for building the world's leading hotel reservation websites. He is most well known for co-founding Hotels.com and Getaroom.com, but his career spans...
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Five Startup Tips from Hotels.com and Getaroom.com Co-Founder Bob Diener
Wednesday, August 3, 2011 - 12:17pm | 570Read More...Do you have what it takes to launch a startup? Find out with this handy checklist from Hotels.com co-founder and Getaroom.com co-founder and President Bob Diener. To say that Bob Diener is an expert in building hotel startups would be an understatement. From the Hotel Reservations Network to its...
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Expedia (EXPE) Shares Upgraded To Buy
Friday, February 12, 2010 - 11:02am | 101Read More...Kaufman Bros. analyst Aaron Kessler raised his rating of Expedia, Inc. (Nasdaq: EXPE) shares from Hold to Buy, with a price target of $27. Expedia, Inc. is an online travel company that manages several travel related businesses, such as expedia.com, hotels.com, hotwire.com and TripAdvicor. The 52...
