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Google's push to visually immersive search on its maps app may boost the discoverability of hidden-gem tours, activities, and museums.
Selene Brophy | 1 month ago
Hopper's termination of its partnership with Booking.com reveals the deeper challenges the travel app is facing, forcing it to focus on direct hotel relationships as it tries to become profitable.
Jason Clampet | 2 months ago
To book a flight through the Expedia app is certainly sleeker and more transparent than through Hopper. Still, Hopper claims to be winning market share.
Dennis Schaal | 2 months ago
Hotels
Hilton has released a "trends report" aimed at consumer news sites. These three points are noteworthy for industry insiders.
Sean O'Neill | 2 months ago
News Blog
The Standard has announced the return of its last minute booking app, One Night Standard. Having originally launched in 2015, the return of One Night Standard sees the hotel chain once again offering spontaneous reservations for same-day bookings at the lowest available rates across The Standard portfolio, following a hiatus during the Covid-19 pandemic Credit:…
Adam Stacey | 4 months ago
The tit-for-tat in generative AI one-upmanship has begun with both Booking.com and Expedia having ChatGPT apps. This will go on for many years.
Dennis Schaal | 5 months ago
Hotels have made enormous investments in recent years to improve in-room entertainment options for their guests, which won't slow down anytime soon as travelers expect to have the comforts of home in their guest rooms.
Rashaad Jorden | 7 months ago
Having OpenAI CEO Sam Altman on the Expedia Group board for the last few years certainly didn't hurt Expedia's ChatGPT rollout, although it's been using artificial intelligence for years.
Dennis Schaal | 7 months ago
Vrbo is one of Expedia Group's core three brands, but the jury is out on whether the vacation rental unit will now recede more into the background as cities recover.
The advent of user reviews in travel was a disruptive and positive force, and they in turn may indeed get upended or greatly modified as new technologies take hold.
Dennis Schaal | 9 months ago
