Travel Booking on Instagram and 7 Other Digital Trends This Week
Isaac Carey
February 3rd, 2019 at 2:30 PM EST
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This week in digital news, booking through Instagram might finally work, Airbnb buys Gaest in a bid to enter further into the meetings and events sector, and a "glamping" startup raises $115 million.
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Travel Booking Is Finally Coming to Instagram: When Facebook enabled airlines and hotels to build booking functionality into their Facebook pages years ago, it was a total bust. But Instagram and Whatsapp seem to have an engagement level that was missing last time around, making these e-commerce moves appear to be a lot more feasible.
Airbnb’s Event Ambitions Won’t Disrupt Meetings Sector Airbnb’s acquisition of Gaest makes
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