Online Travel
5 Travel Brands Winning on Social Media for the Week Ending July 18, 2014
Amplify brand awareness with new initiatives, collaborations, and contests.
Airbnb News
What started as AirBedandBreakfast.com has grown into a massive public company that IPOd in 2020. Airbnb is now the world's largest online alternative-accommodation community, allowing millions of users to list, search, and rent authentic homestays and vacation-rental experiences in countless cities across the globe.
Hotels
Airbnb's New Logo and Website Want You to Feel Belonging
Airbnb has always been a leader in design, which is why we're not surprised by the site redesign but are shocked by the lousy logo.
Hotels
Madrid Bans Use of Airbnb and Other Short-Term Rentals for Less than 5 Days
Spain needs to balance regulating the black-market economy with making it easier to start a business or keep one running.
Hotels
Why Hotels Need to Worry About Millennials and the Sharing Economy
With the U.S. hotel industry performing well, it is losing some business from the sharing economy, but there isn't a lot of hurt yet. That could come later.
Hotels
Marriott CEO Concedes Airbnb Does Local Better
Marriott CEO Arne Sorenson says he is having "fun" watching the development of Airbnb. He adds that Millennials will be a "massive" portion of Marriott's customer base in a decade. It won't be too much fun, though, if Millennial travelers stray from hotels as their best options for a stay.
Media and PR
5 Travel Brands Winning on Social Media for the Week Ending June 27, 2014
Make your social media campaigns count by integrating your creative assets across relevant platforms and rewarding your fans with interactions filled with enthusiasm.
Hotels
Spanish Apartment-Share Site Only-Apartments Goes Public, Sort Of
The Alternative Spanish Stock Exchange sounds like a public-company incubator and an attractive way for small-cap companies to prove their mettle.
Online Travel
How the Top 5 Online Booking Sites Compete on Mobile
Layering nearby capabilities and restaurant reviews on top of hotel and flight reservations are a power play in popularizing mobile app usage.
SkiftX
The Top 18 Travel Stats You Need to Know to Start Your Work Week
Have you been nerding out on our travel data and stats? If so, what're you waiting for? Subscribe to the SkiftStats Twitter feed!
Media and PR
5 Travel Brands Winning on Social Media for the Week Ending June 20, 2014
Expect to see more content focusing on America and Europe in the upcoming months.