Nile Guide

January 23, 2008

What do the Expedia PPC agreement and the Kayak acquistion of Sidestep have in common?

Tweet Two stories from late 2007 and early 2008 signal a shift in the online travel model. In November 2007 at the PhoCusWright conference in Orlando, Expedia announced a new agreement with IHG that included a pay per click (PPC) compensation model. The acquisition of SideStep by Kayak this month is another significant development. How are these two announcements related? […]