Barbados' Foray Into Online Booking and Other Top Travel Stories This Week


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In Skift's top stories this week, Barbados creates its own online travel booking platform, Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky takes suggestions from Twitter followers about what the company should launch, and 2022 will likely see a large number of major deals in the hotel industry.

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Barbados Builds Its Own Online Travel Booking Platform to Be a Game Changer: This is what action looks like, if Caribbean tourism is to build back better. Investment in technology, a solid private-public relationship, and homegrown talent driving the framework and the narrative.

What Should Airbnb Launch in 2022?: Worth a read