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Articles tagged “alternative accommodations”

Online Travel

Tripadvisor Reorganizes Operations Management to Address Its Lagging Core Business

Tripadvisor sees its future as providing differentiated trip-planning, in-destination tools and personalized recommendations for travelers. That isn't wholly different from that of its prior regime, and would be tough to achieve.

Dennis Schaal | 1 year ago

Tripadvisor Reorganizes Operations Management to Address Its Lagging Core Business

Short-Term Rentals

Airbnb Feels Google Gets a Pass on New Short-Term Rental Data Rules in Europe

What's good for the goose is good for the Google. Or so Airbnb thinks.

Dennis Schaal | 1 year ago

Airbnb Feels Google Gets a Pass on New Short-Term Rental Data Rules in Europe

Hotels

Accor to Recruit 12,000 Overseas Temp Workers in Time for Qatar World Cup

While operating 65,000 empty rooms in apartments and homes may be a logistical challenge even for Europe's largest hotel operator, Accor seeks to hire enough people to manage the operations.

Andrew Mills, Reuters | 2 years ago

Accor to Recruit 12,000 Overseas Temp Workers in Time for Qatar World Cup

Online Travel

Big 3 Online Travel CEOs Each Push Back Against Their Own Critics

Please don't let us be misunderstood, the Big Three online travel CEOs proclaimed in recent interviews. Airbnb has great cash flow, Booking.com's Europe advantage over Expedia is not unmovable, and Booking is improving in the U.S. So there.

Dennis Schaal | 2 years ago

Big 3 Online Travel CEOs Each Push Back Against Their Own Critics

Tourism

Qatar May Give Preference to World Cup Ticket Holders Over Other Tourists

At a time when every destination in the world is throwing its doors open to foreign tourists, accommodation-strapped Qatar may have to deny entry to ticketless tourists when the World Cup kicks off in the country in November.

Peden Doma Bhutia | 2 years ago

Qatar May Give Preference to World Cup Ticket Holders Over Other Tourists

Online Travel

Booking Gets in Expedia’s Face With Billboards Near Las Vegas Conference

The vacation rental industry often touts the esprit de corps among industry lifers. Greeted with Booking.com ads for hosts at an Expedia partner conference in Sin City this week, Expedia officials weren't feeling that vibe.

Dennis Schaal | 2 years ago

Booking Gets in Expedia’s Face With Billboards Near Las Vegas Conference

Short-Term Rentals

The Rise of Short-Term Rentals in Asia Pacific: New Skift Research

The STR industry in APAC is at a nascent stage with promising growth prospects. It is to be seen how the STR market matures to find its demand-supply equilibrium and market leaders.

Varsha Arora | 2 years ago

The Rise of Short-Term Rentals in Asia Pacific: New Skift Research

Online Travel

Hopper Cancellation Policy Could Disrupt Short-Term Rentals

Hopper aims to be a big player in short-term rentals, and it's still under development cancel-for-any-reason feature could draw a ton of positive attention from hosts and guests. It could either mean a ton of red ink for Hopper or, if successful, spur competitors to scurry to offer knock-offs.

Dennis Schaal | 2 years ago

Hopper Cancellation Policy Could Disrupt Short-Term Rentals

Business Travel

Airbnb-Like Startup for Blue Collar Workers Boosted by U.S. Infrastructure Spend

Millions more essential workers could be hitting the road in the coming years, thanks to Joe Biden’s $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill. And that’s a lot of bookings for all travel companies, if they're prepared to do their homework early on.

Matthew Parsons | 2 years ago

Airbnb-Like Startup for Blue Collar Workers Boosted by U.S. Infrastructure Spend

Short-Term Rentals

Sonder CEO on the Generational Divide in Hospitality

Sonder doesn't need to put Hilton or Airbnb out of business to be a winner. But it has to has to cope with the market's displeasure with unprofitable companies, and to prove that its guest experience will deliver on its promises, starting with millennials and Gen Zers.

Dennis Schaal | 2 years ago

Sonder CEO on the Generational Divide in Hospitality