Priceline Group’s Hotel Booking and 5 Other Digital Trends This Week

Dan Peltier

February 20th, 2016 at 12:00 PM EST

Photo Credit: Priceline Group CEO Darren Huston appearing on CNBC to discuss Q4 2015 earnings. CNBC

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These are the digital trends we were talking about this week.

Every week we post hundreds of stories across various sectors in travel, connecting the dots across various global trends, and in these weekend posts we highlight the stories that tackle these trends. This one looks at top digital trends. For all of our trends ro

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