Booking Invests in Grab and 6 Other Digital Trends This Week
Photo Credit: Booking Holdings CEO Glenn Fogel on July 17, 2017 at Fortune Brainstorm Tech in Aspen, Colorado. Booking Holdings invested $200 million in ridehailing service Grab. Brainstorm Tech / Jordan Curet
Skift Take
This week in digital news, we analyzed the implications of Booking Holdings' $200 million investment in Grab, as well as Google's new hotel search. Google is making competitive strides, but there's still work to be done.
Digital Travel News Weekly Roundup
Throughout the week we post dozens of original stories, connecting the dots across the travel industry, and every weekend we sum it all up. This weekend roundup examines digital trends. For all of our weekend roundups, go here.
>>It's becoming increasingly clear that online travel players will try to leverage the heck out of connections between food delivery, ridehailing, and booking hotels. Uber and Lyft will undoubtedly become a bigger part of the action, as well: Booking Holdings Invests $200 Million in Grab as Ridehailing Becomes More Strategic
>>When it comes to Google and its hotels redesign, few things are all or nothing. TripAdvisor can worry that Google now has more tr
