Ebix to Acquire India’s Corporate Travel Player Yatra for $338 Million
Sean O'Neill, Skift
Corporate travel and event planning seem to be the only profitable paths in India's online travel scene, at least for now.
19 hours ago
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Breaking news and insights about online travel booking, online travel agencies, travel startups, venture capital investments, and more essential news about digital travel.
Sean O'Neill, Skift
Corporate travel and event planning seem to be the only profitable paths in India's online travel scene, at least for now.
19 hours ago
Yoolim Lee, Bloomberg
It's no secret that Go-Jek is keen to be Southeast Asia's answer to China's WeChat. Its move to expand digital payments will be a key step to gain dominance in the region.
1 day ago
Dennis Schaal, Skift
Travelers indeed shop all over the place when they are doing trip-planning. But to downplay Google's dominant role, as an exec did Tuesday, when travel brands are spending billions of dollars annually with the search engine-turned-travel-product operator, is disingenuous.
2 days ago
Microsoft + Skift
Digitizing, streamlining, and simplifying how employees communicate and collaborate is essential to truly empowering firstline workers to deliver results. Providing them with the right tools is key.
1 week ago
Isaac Carey, Skift
This week in digital news, be sure to check out our list of 2018's top-paid CEOs in online travel. We also look at how hospitality startup Sonder plans to use its new funds, and explore Sunweb's growth strategy as a tour package company in Europe.
4 days ago
Dennis Schaal, Skift
When Booking Holdings acquired Momondo in 2017 to pair with fellow metasearch brand Kayak, officials said one of Momondo's core strengths was its brand marketing bonafides. The World Piece video works because it stirs emotions, and this type of dynamic can go a long way toward creating a relationship between consumers and brands.
6 days ago
Rosie Spinks, Skift
This week’s travel startups, including Sonder, StayPlease, and Bolt, released a series of funding announcements, many of them for undisclosed amounts.
7 days ago
Patrick Whyte, Skift
Sonder's hotel-style serviced apartments operate in that sweet spot between Airbnb homeshares and full-on hotels. There are, of course, plenty of rivals doing a similar thing, but this funding round will enable Sonder to expand its business and give it a competitive edge.
1 week ago
Andrew Sheivachman, Skift
Gordon Wilson will leave Travelport after taking the company private. The company has a travel technology veteran lined up to take the reins, and Travelport needs all the help it can get to compete against Sabre and Amadeus.
1 week ago
Dennis Schaal, Skift
The CEOs of Booking Holdings, Expedia Group, and TripAdvisor all saw their total compensation fall in 2018, but only because 2017 was an exceptional year for each. Glenn Fogel of Booking and Mark Okerstrom of Expedia were each appointed as CEO in 2017, and Steve Kaufer of TripAdvisor received a long-term incentive award that was undoubtedly the envy of his peers.
1 week ago
Isaac Carey, Skift
This week in digital news, Booking Holdings has trouble implementing its new commission charges, and two key travel platforms in Asia compete to serve the likely growing number of Muslim pilgrims to Saudi Arabia. Plus we take a look at some of the privacy issues inherent in building a smart city.
2 weeks ago
Patrick Whyte and Rosie Spinks, Skift
From TripActions' quarter billion dollar investment round to Emerging Travel Group's solid $10 million round, there's lots going on in travel startup funding this week.
2 weeks ago