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Articles tagged “alternative accommodations”

Hotels

Taj Hotels to Enter Homesharing With New Amã Brand

On March 1, Taj Hotels will start taking bookings for its official foray into homesharing with its new brand, Amã, with nine bungalows. It's further proof of the Skift Megatrend that in hospitality, "everything is converging."

Sean O'Neill, Skift | 5 years ago

Taj Hotels to Enter Homesharing With New Amã Brand

Online Travel

HomeToGo Buys a Near-Death Tripping in Vacation Rental Rollup

The acquisition of once-high-flying Tripping.com as a distressed asset was a losing deal for investors. It's not clear what the payoff will be for HomeToGo acquiring a Silicon Valley rival at vacation rental price-comparison. HomeToGo faces daunting expectations now, having raised $150 million.

Sean O'Neill and Dennis Schaal, Skift | 5 years ago

HomeToGo Buys a Near-Death Tripping in Vacation Rental Rollup

Hotels

Selina Receives $150 Million for Millennial-Friendly Hospitality

Until recently, Selina has been a glorified hostel operator. Its ambition to provide work-life balance to millennials who travel internationally has been more of a work-in-progress than a consistent offering. Yet massive fresh funding this year will help drive Selina to become one of 2019's most fascinating experiments in hospitality.

Sean O'Neill, Skift | 5 years ago

Selina Receives $150 Million for Millennial-Friendly Hospitality

Online Travel

Booking Holdings Is Taking Its Time to Deliver On a Steep Promise

Booking.com is taking its sweet time to implement a flights-to-attractions travel offering. Some would say the pace is Google-like in its slowness. But behind the scenes, data reigns supreme, and dictates whether a product is scrapped, implemented with a twist, or then reshaped anew. Refill the popcorn. This will take a while.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 5 years ago

Booking Holdings Is Taking Its Time to Deliver On a Steep Promise

Online Travel

Airbnb Creates Niches for a New Generation of Vacation Rental Startups: Skift Research E-Book

Airbnb has built itself into the third most richly valued startup in the world over the last decade. But business never stands still, and as Airbnb harvests its gains, the latest generation of alternative accommodation startups are collecting all of the new venture capital in the space.

Seth Borko, Skift Research | 5 years ago

Airbnb Creates Niches for a New Generation of Vacation Rental Startups: Skift Research E-Book

Online Travel

Airbnb and Other Unicorns Suffer by Staying Private, High-Profile Tech Investor Argues

Would Airbnb and Uber, for example, be truly better off as public companies? It's unclear because they both have access to tons of money already. But they would both certainly be better equipped to spin their own narratives.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 6 years ago

Online Travel

TripAdvisor’s Experiences and Restaurants Businesses Outpace Vacation Rentals

TripAdvisor faces a quandary: It needs to have an alternative accommodations business to round out its hotel offerings, but rentals revenue declined and slowed the otherwise-positive trajectory of its non-hotels segment. While TripAdvisor is a market leader in experiences and restaurants, its rentals business is muddying up the works.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 6 years ago

TripAdvisor’s Experiences and Restaurants Businesses Outpace Vacation Rentals

Mergers and Acquisitions

Expedia CEO Insists That Online Travel Agencies Aren’t Over

The biggest knock on the online travel agencies these days is that the competition is intense and that their golden years are done. Expedia's Mark Okerstrom counters that his company has a single-digit share of a $1.6 trillion market, and he's going wide and deep to pick up more. The jury is still out.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 6 years ago

Expedia CEO Insists That Online Travel Agencies Aren’t Over

Mergers and Acquisitions

Expedia Is Growing Alternative Accommodations Faster But Booking Isn’t Slowing Down

Booking sites are offering more types of travel products and services on their platforms. Of these verticals, alternative accommodations are a highly contested space where Booking and Airbnb lead for now.

Seth Borko, Skift Research | 6 years ago

Expedia Is Growing Alternative Accommodations Faster But Booking Isn’t Slowing Down

Online Travel

The Biggest Inventory Challenges for Online Booking Sites: Latest from Skift Research

Many online travel agencies are no longer specialists in one product, instead aiming to become one-stop shops. The platform that a booking site can offer is a key part of its competitive moat and the contours of supply at Booking Holding and Expedia vary widely from each other.

Seth Borko, Skift Research | 6 years ago

The Biggest Inventory Challenges for Online Booking Sites: Latest from Skift Research