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9 December 2008

Orbitz, Expedia: Stockholm Syndrome Meets the Web | By Max Starkov

In this economic downturn, Expedia (EXPE) and other Online Travel Agencies (OTAs) are desperately trying to generate incremental revenues, including advertising on their sites, to supplement their decreased margins. Sales pressure from the leading OTAs such as Expedia, Travelocity and Orbitz (OWW) has intensified tremendously over the past year. In addition to banner ads, in 2008 Expedia introduced TravelAds, a pay-per-click advertising program. Expedia proclaims that “similar to traditional search engines, this pay-per-click auction model is great for any budget”. The only caveat is that when users click on the sponsored listing, they do not go to the hotel website, they go to the hotel page on Expedia to make the reservation. In other words: advertising cost plus Expedia’s margin equals a total cost to the hotel of as much as 30%-40% from the booked hotel revenue.

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