Expedia’s New Resort Fees Policy and 10 Other Top Digital Stories This Week
Skift Take
This week in digital, we take a look at Expedia's decision to lower the rankings of a hotel's listing on its site due to the addition of resort fees. Meanwhile, Vrbo is under new leadership as Expedia Group continues its reorganization efforts.
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Expedia Tells Hotels Adding Resort Fees Will Lower Your Listings on Its Pages:
Expedia Group’s stance on resort fees could have been drafted by a United Nations diplomat. Expedia doesn’t want to alienate hotels and seeks to pick up market share based on Booking Holdings’ more forceful position. But it's hitting resort-fee-charging hotels right where it hurts — in the prominence of their listings.
Vrbo Shuffles Leadership as Latest Expedia Group Reorganization Moves Take Shape: No pain, no gain, right? Expedia's Vrbo unit, which is almost an afterthought when it comes to discussions about Airbnb, Booking.com, and Google, has been undergoing a difficult transition. In itself, changing the leadership isn't the answer, but along with other changes, perhaps it won't hu
