Las Vegas Sun logo Las Vegas Sun 2 weeks ago

Travel Web sites: Partner or customer?

As other parts of the country win tens of millions of dollars in court judgments against online tourism companies, Clark County commissioners are talking about following suit. At issue is the amount of hotel room taxes paid by online travel sites. Full Article at Las Vegas Sun

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  1. Travelocity
  2. Bill McCollum
  3. Priceline.com

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  1. The customer is paying the tax already ... Orbitz and Expedia are not remitting to the state all the taxes they have collected.
    – Bill McCollum SOURCE: Investor's Business Daily 2 weeks ago
  2. It's not an easy time for price comparison sites ... The smaller players are finding it hard. You have to have scale to survive, so a lot of these guys are either going out of business, changing their business models or being eaten up.
    SOURCE: The Independent 3 weeks ago
  3. I found myself getting really frustrated when trying to get inspiration for a weekend break or a holiday ... If you key something into Google, you basically get lot of stuff back that is commercial and certainly not independent. So I decided to launch Simonseeks.
    SOURCE: The Independent 3 weeks ago
  4. There is a real desire from people to book into top-end, luxury accommodation that isn't a hotel ... We've already received our first repeat booking from a party who stayed in our Abersoch property.
    SOURCE: The Independent 3 weeks ago
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