Amazon Launches Flight Bookings in India and 11 Other Digital Trends This Week
Isaac Carey
May 18th, 2019 at 1:30 PM EDT
Skift Take
This week in digital news, Amazon's quest to become the world's all-purpose app continues, MakeMyTrip seeks growth in China, and TripAdvisor adds new filters to enhance safety and transparency.
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Amazon Launches Flight Bookings in India in a Superapp Strategy: A shoe just dropped. Amazon is stepping into travel again. It may offer travel products in all sizes once it really gets going.
MakeMyTrip Aims to Weather Indian Air Market Turmoil Through Diversification: MakeMyTrip Group has impressively diversified enough that it forecasts only a minor hit to revenue during the coming year due to the collapse of Jet Airways, a major carrier in India. No wonder Ctrip decided last month to become the company’s largest shareholder.
TripAdvisor Responds to Critics by Changing How It Displays Hotel Reviews About Sexual Assault: TripAdvisor’s treatment of sexual as
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