Articles tagged “bookings”

News Blog

IDEAS: One Night Standard App Returns After Pandemic Hiatus

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

Tourism

Open Letter to the Travel Industry: You Won’t Win This ‘Junk Fee’ Fight

The junk fee issue has gone mainstream and the travel industry has no choice in how to respond: It cannot win this battle. It cannot fight back. There's no chance it will win.

Rafat Ali | 4 months ago

Open Letter to the Travel Industry: You Won’t Win This ‘Junk Fee’ Fight

Tour Operators

Regiondo May Be for Sale After Rezdy-Checkfront Merger

There are an estimated 200 reservation technology providers available in the tours and activities sector. Whether consolidation amongst key platforms will bring meaningful benefits for tour operators remains to be seen.

Selene Brophy | 5 months ago

Regiondo May Be for Sale After Rezdy-Checkfront Merger

Travel Booking

India Daily: 51 Percent of Travelers Face Booking Scams

There’s perhaps more opportunity than ever for cybercriminals to take advantage of consumers who are increasingly getting lured in by deals that are literally too good to be true.

Amrita Ghosh | 7 months ago

India Daily: 51 Percent of Travelers Face Booking Scams

Short-Term Rentals

HomeToGo Sees Record Booking Revenue, On Track to Break Even This Year

At a time when other vacation rental companies that went public in special purpose acquisition company, or SPAC, deals are struggling, HomeToGo is paving its way toward profitability.

Srividya Kalyanaraman | 7 months ago

HomeToGo Sees Record Booking Revenue, On Track to Break Even This Year

Online Travel

Why Hopper Asks for a ‘Tip’ When Booking

'Deception' may be too strong of a word in this case, but the media attention goes to show that customers do not like to feel that they've been swindled. A quarter of customers pay the tip, but how many of them know it?

Justin Dawes | 8 months ago

Why Hopper Asks for a ‘Tip’ When Booking

Online Travel

Ryanair Dealt Setbacks in Lawsuits Against Lastminute.com and Booking.com

After a 15-year legal battle, Lastminute.com is moving forward with a court win, a new CEO and board. Lastminute.com characterized the legal victory against Ryanair as "a major milestone" for consumer rights.

Andres Buenahora, Skift | 8 months ago

Ryanair Dealt Setbacks in Lawsuits Against Lastminute.com and Booking.com

Startups

Whimstay Raises $10 Million for Last-Minute Vacation Rental Bookings

Short-term rentals are continuing to gain ground everywhere, as can be seen with raises this week for platforms in three different parts of the world.

Justin Dawes | 8 months ago

Whimstay Raises $10 Million for Last-Minute Vacation Rental Bookings

Online Travel

Google Travel’s New Instagram-Like Story Feature for Hotel Search

The mobile swipeable story format has taken over social media, and now it has come to Google Travel, as well. It’s not groundbreaking, but it gives users an option to search for hotels in a way they may prefer.

Justin Dawes | 8 months ago

Google Travel’s New Instagram-Like Story Feature for Hotel Search

Startups

Bach Raises $9 Million for Bachelorette Party Booking Platform

Bach is curating trips for bachelorette parties, while seven Airbnb veterans decided to start Landfolk and do their own thing in Denmark.

Justin Dawes | 9 months ago

Bach Raises $9 Million for Bachelorette Party Booking Platform