Travel Hacks Galore to Ease the Pain of Hassled Travel
The New York Times published a story a few days ago headlined, Tech Hacks to Make Traveling Right Now Less of a Headache.
Dennis Schaal is Skift’s Founding Editor and Executive Editor. Dennis has been a reporter focusing on online travel and short-term rentals for more than two decades at Skift, Tnooz, USA Today, and Travel Weekly. He is well-known for tough one-on-one interviews on stage at Skift events, including with the CEOs and top execs of Expedia, Uber, Booking Holdings, Priceline, Kayak, Hopper, and more.
Despegar Bulks Up on Vacation Rentals To Fend Off Competition From Global Players
Despegar is growing with a steady pace of mergers and acquisitions, including Viajanet and Stays. It's a smart move to use vacation rentals to defend and expand market share.
Choice Hotels Played Coy in TV Advertising Before Surging Past All Travel Companies
Watch out for the quiet ones. Choice didn't run any U.S. national TV ads in 2021 and Virgin Voyages was absent during the first seven months of last year. Yet both brands surged to leadership positions in 2022.
Airbnb House Party Tech Steers Some Guests Toward Hotels and Private Rooms
Life is often a series of tradeoffs, right? Such is the case for Airbnb, which is testing new anti-house party technology in the U.S. and Canada that would steer some…
HomeToGo Accelerated Its Direct Bookings in the Second Quarter
HomeToGo is among a bevy of newly public companies that vow to get to a semblance of profitability in 2023. They are tired of seeing their share prices pummeled.
Frontdesk Plays Its Own Cards in the Shadow of Vacasa and Sonder
Whether it is major online travel agencies selecting focus markets, or under-the-radar property managers like Frontdesk deciding to target second-tier cities, companies always have to strategically pick their spots. Sometimes there can be riches in the hinterlands.
Airbnb Boosts Marketing Advantage Over Rivals in 2nd Quarter
Booking Holdings and Expedia are changing their marketing strategies, a healthy development. Meanwhile, Airbnb widened its marketing edge.
Short-Term Rental Firm CorpHousing Group Is Slated to Do an IPO Friday
CorpHousing Group, which provides short-term rentals under the SoBeNY consumer brand, was slated to see its shares begin trading Friday on the Nasdaq Capital Market.
Sonder Announces a Stock Option Exchange Plan to Retain Employees
How would you like to be a Sonder exec boasting that your free cash flow margin improved from negative 127 percent a year ago to negative 37 percent in the second quarter? Well, that's one measure of progress.
Analysis: Vacasa Has a Growth Story Neatly Tailored to Wall Street Sensibilities
Vacasa is adding homes to manage in 2022 at half the pace of 2021 in the name of profitability. Without the big mergers and acquisitions of years past, Vacasa is pressuring its sales force to get more productive or hit the road.