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Travel Industry Earnings Coverage

Don’t miss out on Skift’s in-depth coverage of earnings reported by public travel companies, including online travel agencies, hotel brands, airlines, and technology companies. Our earnings stories cut through the numbers to explain what’s really happening at companies and within the industry as a whole.

Hotels

Marriott turns profits in Q3 on upscale U.S. hotel demand

Group rates, corporate rates, and higher end luxury hotels are holding up strong, even in this economy, and that's what is helping Marriott and competitors as well.

Airlines

Post-Olympic travel boom helps Easyjet boost profits for fiscal 2012

Turns out people just wanted to get out of UK post-Olympics to celebrate, and short haul, low-cost was the best way to go.

Airlines

Virgin America’s Q2 revenue went up, but expenses went higher

Cruises

Considering the Costa disaster, Carnival’s third quarter results aren’t that bad

Carnival's advantage in this market is its incredible value proposition to cruisers. Despite Costa's sinking consumers are drawn by its low, low prices and promise of a sunny escape from bad economic news at home.

Airlines

Low-cost European carrier Air Berlin stumbles after disappointing earnings report

Fuel costs are hitting some lines hard this season. Is it time for the budget carriers to stop pretending that air travel can really be so cheap?

Online Travel

Priceline names its own challenges as discounting and mobile competition heat up

Priceline has stated for months that its growth rates would inevitably decline given the size of its business, and Expedia is apparently making some gains, too -- at least domestically.

Online Travel

Priceline.com shares fall with predictions for an underwhelming third-quarter

Although Priceline.com's profits and revenue rose in Q2, the company expects to take a hit on European bookings impacted by the recession and increased competition with Expedia for U.S. business.

Tourism

Disney’s earnings report is impressive but the market is unimpressed

Movies weren't as impressive as analysts wanted them to be, but the Mouse House's park and cruise ship revenues were very strong.

Airlines

Sure, British Airways didn’t have the best quarter ever, but it’s got €4 billion stacked away

It's not exactly Apple money, but IAG's billions will help see it through the tough patches, even if the euro loses a bit of steam.

Uncategorized

Zipcar disappoints with quarterly results, stock plunges lowest level yet

Zipcar's numbers were hurt by a slow down in new members, but the growing competition from peer-to-peer car sharing programs is undoubtedly a concern.