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Expedia Group's brand strategy makes sense to the extent that these three core brands don't detract from the company's global ambitions.
Dennis Schaal | 1 year ago
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Ever wonder about the daunting challenge that Expedia Group CEO Peter Kern inherited from predecessors Dara Khosrowshahi and Mark Okertstrom when Kern took the chief executive spot under Barry Diller in 2020? The pandemic notwithstanding, Expedia Group captured its infrastructure issues in one slide as part of an investor presentation at Cowen 50th Anniversary Technology,…
Dennis Schaal | 2 years ago
Ground Transport
Sqills has won more contracts from railway operators to upgrade their inventory, booking, and ticketing software than any other tech vendor in recent years. So this acquisition makes sense.
Sean O'Neill, Skift | 3 years ago
Rising interest in intercity train travel has been amplified by new European incentives that favor greener forms of travel, plus deregulation. But rail operators are hampered by their old IT systems, which aren't ready to sell to international travelers in the Google era.
SilverRail had become an afterthought in Expedia Group's plans as the online travel agency attempts to simplify its portfolio. SilverRail management, however, still believes in the promise of the sector.
Dennis Schaal, Skift | 4 years ago
There used to be only two ways for railways to make money: luck and state handouts. But that's changing, as countries look at privatization and as railways look to technology to streamline operations. Sqills and SilverRail are two tech vendors that smell an opportunity.
Sean O'Neill, Skift | 6 years ago
Expedia's purchase price for a majority stake in SilverRail was double the sum that SilverRail had raised from investors. The price tag was a multiple of the investment but not a stellar exit for shareholders.
Sean O'Neill, Skift | 7 years ago
Expedia recognized some time ago that it needed to wire up rail providers, particularly in Europe and Asia, and now it is securing a technology leader in the space for its portfolio of transportation solutions.
Dennis Schaal, Skift | 7 years ago
The "train guy" has a lot to say about why rail travel is still hard to book — and how that might start getting easier.
Hannah Sampson, Skift | 7 years ago
Rail and local connections usually get the short shrift in discussions of travel. Unless you're talking to SilverRail's Gowell, that is.
Patrick Whyte, Skift | 7 years ago
