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Articles tagged “european union”

Online Travel

Booking Hopes Its Kayak Brand Can Help Save eTraveli Deal

Booking Holdings' proposed remedy to push through its pending deal to acquire eTraveli Group may not be enough. Perhaps additional concessions or litigation are in the offing.

Booking Hopes Its Kayak Brand Can Help Save eTraveli Deal

Online Travel

Airbnb and Booking Keep the Cash Flowing

We saw during the pandemic how important it was for companies to have plenty of cash and the ability to borrow more. Airbnb and Booking Holdings have ample resources for big things on their to-do lists.

Airbnb and Booking Keep the Cash Flowing

Online Travel

3 Airlines and the FAA Join Google to Assess Flight Emissions

All would admit that the way online travel companies display the climate impact of flights is vague and inadequate. But help is on the way.

3 Airlines and the FAA Join Google to Assess Flight Emissions

Airlines

Libya and Italy to Resume Flights After a Decade-Old Ban

This is a nice start for Libya and Italy after a decade of limbo.

Libya and Italy to Resume Flights After a Decade-Old Ban

Online Travel

Google and Booking.com Poised for Fallout From EU’s ‘Gatekeeper’ Restrictions

The fine print would ultimately determine the financial impact of the Digital Markets Act. But the fact that Booking Holdings filed a statement from Booking.com with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission about it this week means it believes the repercussions could be material to its operations.

Google and Booking.com Poised for Fallout From EU’s ‘Gatekeeper’ Restrictions

Online Travel

Booking Is Trying to Acquire a Flights Seller. Europe Would Be Wrong to Block It.

The European Commission's logic appears to be that any strengthening of Booking.com — even in its flights business — would bolster its grip on the hotel business. Deal or no deal, Booking is committed to expanding in flights.

Booking Is Trying to Acquire a Flights Seller. Europe Would Be Wrong to Block It.

Online Travel

Google and Booking Face European Objections Over Competition

Google faces a tougher hill to climb than Booking, although the European Commission's statement of objections puts Booking's Etraveli acquisition in doubt.

Google and Booking Face European Objections Over Competition

Online Travel

Booking Holdings’ Acquisition of Etraveli Draws EU Concern Over Hotel Competition

It's hard to see how Booking's pending acquisition of flight-oriented Etraveli Group would materially hurt the European hotel industry. After all, Booking.com is already Etraveli's partner for hotels.

Booking Holdings’ Acquisition of Etraveli Draws EU Concern Over Hotel Competition

Short-Term Rentals

Google’s New Airline Emissions Measurement Push

Today's edition of Skift's daily podcast looks closer at short-term rental growth, Google’s airline emissions efforts, and Emirates’ first class bet.

Google’s New Airline Emissions Measurement Push

Airlines

Google, Lufthansa and EU Team Up to Measure Climate Impact of Flights

Calculating the actual environmental impact of flights has been an immature art. Getting real data from Lufthansa should advance the effort.

Google, Lufthansa and EU Team Up to Measure Climate Impact of Flights