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Chicke FitzgeraldChief Executive OfficerSOLUTIONZ HOLDINGS

Travel Industry Pedigree Series: Orbitz.com

June 15, 2011

Analysis of:Travel Industry Pedigree Series: Orbitz.com | distribution-solutionz.blogspot.com

Well, in the world of travel distribution on the OTA side of the equation, if Travelocity was the "come home to papa" story, then Orbitz Worldwide is the "child running as far away from the parents as possible" story.   Well, at least one of its parents....  more on that later.Orbitz was founded by four airlines (Continental, United, Delta and Northwest) and was later joined by American Airlines. For the diagram of the pedigree story, see the original blog.

Chicke FitzgeraldChief Executive OfficerSOLUTIONZ HOLDINGS

Travel Industry Pedigree Series - Travelocity

June 14, 2011

Analysis of:Travel Industry Pedigree Series - Travelocity | distribution-solutionz.blogspot.com

Travelocity's pedigree is somewhat simpler than Expedia's.    This is what we call the "come home to papa" story (with Papa being Sabre).   The story actually started a bit before the 1996 date shown in the graphic on the original blog, with Sabre's entry into online with EAASY Sabre and Commercial Sabre in the 80s on Compuserve.   

Terrell AlgerRetail & Restaurant ConsultantTerry Alger Consultancy

What's Wrong At Chilis?

June 13, 2011

At some point and time Brinker has to decide what it wants to do with this once popular brand.Maggianos' cannot provide enough revenue to carry the more popular brand.

Terrell AlgerRetail & Restaurant ConsultantTerry Alger Consultancy

Is Wendys Selling The Wrong Chain

June 13, 2011

Because it accounts for over 2/3rds of the entire revenue, Wendy's sales have been very sluggish as well as Arbys'.On the surface, it's easy to see why Arby's is getting the boot. Store-level sales have been sluggish, the restaurant count is declining, and the competition is getting smarter.However, the same can be said for Wendy's itself. Both chains have been shrinking in recent years, though Wendy's did finally manage to open more units than were closed down last year which has been rare.

Chicke FitzgeraldChief Executive OfficerSOLUTIONZ HOLDINGS

Travel Industry Pedigree Series: Expedia

June 13, 2011

Analysis of:Travel Industry Pedigree Series: Expedia.com | distribution-solutionz.blogspot.com

This blog covers the history of Expedia, from a corporate pedigree perspective.  Expedia is currently a publicly traded entity.  Expedia began as a skunk works project within Microsoft, with then 29 year old [dare I say "pup"], Rich Barton at the helm.Unlike its competitors over the years, there were NO airline investors in Expedia.  The site was powered by Worldspan, then owned by Northwest, Delta and TWA.   To say they have come a long way is an understatement.

Chicke FitzgeraldChief Executive OfficerSOLUTIONZ HOLDINGS

Travel Industry Pedigree: Hotwire.com

June 11, 2011

Analysis of:Travel Industry Pedigree Series: Hotwire.com | distribution-solutionz.blogspot.com

Solutionz launched a new series today on our blog, documenting the pedigree of the various major players in the travel industry.  This is the first in a new series, called Travel Industry Pedigree.  In this series, we will look at how each of the major players in the travel space got their start. We begin with Hotwire.com, an operating company of Expedia.

Terrell AlgerRetail & Restaurant ConsultantTerry Alger Consultancy

Qdoba Vs. Chipotle

June 9, 2011

Jack In The Box's Qdoba looks like a better stock pick than Chipotle despite Chipotles' huge successLooking at the numbers, I am liking Qdoba much much better

Terrell AlgerRetail & Restaurant ConsultantTerry Alger Consultancy

Will Consumers Be Traveling To Cracker Barrel This Summer?

June 8, 2011

Cracker Barrel reported a decrease in comp sales even though they had price increasesMost restaurant stocks have seen improvements in 2001-why not Cracker Barrel

Terrell AlgerRetail & Restaurant ConsultantTerry Alger Consultancy

The Sale Of California Pizza Kitchen

June 7, 2011

Things were looking bleak for the Pizza chain as most concepts saw traffic and sales improvements over 2010Have the smaller "Pizza" chains choked the progress of the Casual Pizza chains?

Terrell AlgerRetail & Restaurant ConsultantTerry Alger Consultancy

Bojangles Singing A Positive Song

June 6, 2011

Bojangles continues to be a hot concept ready to be boughtTheir market share is strong in their southern markets and I think they can expand beyond that through franchising

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