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Priceline’s Vast International Reach Will Fuel Hotel Reservations Growth
Leading online travel agency, Priceline (NASDAQ:PCLN), is set to announce its Q2 2013 earnings on August 8. Despite uncertain global economic conditions, Priceline reported strong results in Q1 2013 with 26% y-o-y increase in revenues ($1.3 billi...
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An Overview Of Priceline’s Key Businesses
Priceline (NASDAQ:PCLN) is a leading online travel agency (OTA) that primarily offers hotel and accommodation reservations, as well as other travel services such as car rentals, airline tickets, vacation packages, destination services, cruises a...
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Priceline’s Growing Dependence On Europe Is Hurting Margins
Priceline (NASDAQ:PCLN) is one of the leading Online Travel Agencies (OTA) in the world. Over the years it has seen a steady decline in its hotel revenue margins, which is the revenue earned by Priceline as a percentage of hotel gross bookings. ...
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What Factors Can Limit Priceline’s Growth?
Despite macro headwinds and unfavorable exchange rates, leading online travel agency (OTA) Priceline (NASDAQ:PCLN) marked a 21% and 34% increase in its 2012 revenues ($5.3 billion) and net income ($1.4 billion), respectively. Robust growth in ho...
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Priceline’s Kayak Acquisition Will Strengthen Its U.S. Business
More than six months after announcing the deal, the leading largest Online Travel Agency (OTA) Priceline (NASDAQ:PCLN) finally completed its acquisition of travel search company Kayak last week. Priceline paid $522.4 million in cash and issued a...
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Priceline’s Pulsing Growth Will Inevitably Slow
Despite uncertain global economic conditions, Priceline (NASDAQ:PCLN) reported another strong quarter with a 26% y-o-y increase in revenues ($1.3 billion). The robust growth in its international business contributed to a 36% y-o-y increase in to...
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Hotel Bookings Will Maintain Priceline’s Growth Momentum
Despite macro headwinds and unfavorable exchange rates, leading online travel agency (OTA) Priceline (NASDAQ:PCLN) marked a 21% and 34% increase in its 2012 revenues ($5.3 billion) and net income ($1.4 billion), respectively. Robust growth in ho...
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Priceline’s Big Bet On Mobile Is Starting To Pay Off
With an increasing number of people using mobile devices to go online, the mobile platform offers immense growth potential for travel services. To leverage this, leading online travel agency Priceline (NASDAQ:PCLN) has been focusing on developin...
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Priceline Plans To Pare Expedia’s Lead In U.S. Online Bookings
Due to its expanding international footprint, Priceline (NASDAQ:PCLN) overtook Expedia (NASDAQ:EXPE) as the world’s largest Online Travel Agency (OTA) by sales in 2010. However, with a 43% share of gross bookings, Expedia remains the most p...
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Priceline Has Huge Growth Potential In The European Online Travel Market
As growth in the US online travel market slows down, online travel agencies (OTAs) are turning towards growth opportunities in other promising markets such as Europe and Asia-Pacific. Having acquired Booking.com, Agoda and TravelJigsaw, Priceline...
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Priceline Posts A Solid Quarter Though Growth Might Decelerate
Despite macro headwinds and unfavorable exchange rates, Priceline (NASDAQ:PCLN) closed its fiscal 2012 with a strong Q4. Backed by robust y-o-y growth in hotel room nights (37.6%) and car rental days (36.5%) bookings, Priceline registered a 20% ...
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Priceline’s Earning Preview: International Hotel Bookings & Margins In Focus
Driven by international expansion and an expanding hotel portfolio, Priceline (NASDAQ:PCLN) has registered rapid top line growth since 2008. The company has been reporting increasing quarterly revenue since the start of 2012, albeit at a slower ...
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How Can Kayak’s Acquisition Fuel Priceline’s Growth?
In a surprising move, Priceline (NASDAQ:PCLN), a leading online travel agency (OTA) announced its acquisition of Kayak, a leading travel search company, in November 2012. The two companies signed a definitive agreement for a stock and cash agree...
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Here’s What Matters For Priceline’s $590 Valuation
Priceline (NASDAQ:PCLN), a leading online travel agency (OTA), provides its customers a broad range of travel products and services such as hotel bookings, airline tickets, car rentals, cruises and vacation packages. It operates online travel por...
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10 Of The Best Performing Growth Stocks From The Past Decade | A Review
Submitted by Dividend Yield as part of our contributors program . Best performing stocks from the last decade originally published at “ long-term-investments.blogspot.com “. We all love it to see how our investments grow. Not enoug...