Digital Roundups

This week in digital news, Booking Holdings looks at tactics to keep growing, and Spanish company Amadeus is taking off in the U.S. Plus, check out our deep dive into the intricacies and challenges of working with government agencies as a travel company.

This week in digital news, search engine optimization issues hold Expedia back, Trivago's business strategy reflects Google's growing presence in travel, and IHG emphasizes a different booking strategy using new tech.

This week in digital news, the Sri Lanka-based app makes its first step into hotel and flight booking, Ctrip gains four more seats on the board of MakeMyTrip, and a homesharing and co-working startup continues to raise millions.

This week in digital news, we take a deep dive into Google Maps, comparing it to other superapps like Meituan in China or Grab in Southeast Asia. Plus, we talk to Avis executive Jeff Kaelin about customers' mobile experience and look at Jumia's growing hotel business in Africa.

This week in digital news, Traveloka’s new discovery platform marks a huge expansion into the lucrative food market, Flight Centre becomes the largest stakeholder of startup Upside, and TripAdvisor releases a comprehensive platform for searching cruise reviews.

This week in digital news, AirAsia hopes to become more than just an airline, there’s a lot to learn from Lyft's successful IPO, and TripAdvisor’s president of core experience talks about her traveler-first perspective.

This week in digital news, Japan shifts its payment method as the numbers of Chinese tourists surges, a Spanish online travel company struggles to stay afloat, and Google allows users to search for alternative accommodations within its hotel site.

This week in digital news, the federal government considers blockchain for monitoring travelers, the EU will wait to put Google's flight and hotel platforms under the microscope, and Lastminute.com hopes to grab TUI's market share.

This week in digital news, Google's easy-to-use hotel destination threatens to shake up the booking industry, and we explore the potential impact of Elizabeth Warren's proposal to regulate big tech. Plus, multi-purpose delivery platform Meituan Dianping takes over as the go-to site for hotels in China.

This week in digital news, expense giant SAP Concur may finally be getting some real competition, we go into the details of CWT's plans to up its tech game, and we look at how hotels are starting to use new tools to monitor online price listings.