Will Hyatt Really Leave Expedia?
Hyatt needs Expedia's network more than the online travel agency needs the hotelier's room supply.
We think it is unlikely no-moat
We believe Hyatt needs Expedia’s network more than the OTA company needs the hotelier’s room supply. We calculate Expedia generates nearly 10% of Hyatt’s room nights, while the hotelier was roughly 2% of the OTA’s total room nights. Additionally, traffic to Expedia’s website was 59.4 million this past May versus just 7.1 million that toured Hyatt’s online platform, according to SimilarWeb. Further, supporting Expedia’s scale, it counted 385,000 properties on its website during the first quarter of 2017, compared with only 708 for Hyatt.
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