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Tourism
When predicting current and future trends, everyone in the travel industry has their eyes on Gen Z travelers, and, boy, are they demanding.
Mary Ann Ha | 2 months ago
Americans are now saying that financial factors trump health and safety worries when it comes to travel decision-making. While some are staying home because they can't afford it, those determined to travel are finding ways to work around higher prices.
Mary Ann Ha | 3 months ago
Online Travel
Airbnb went deep while Booking Holdings went wide in terms of product development in 2021. Airbnb assuredly will get back to broadening its product line, if not in 2022, then later.
Dennis Schaal | 5 months ago
Less than a year ago, a Tripadvisor pitch deck about Tripadvisor Plus touted its "multibillion dollar revenue potential." Despite the company expressing confidence in Plus when it scrapped its business model in September, Tripadvisor admitted last week "we haven't found the product-market fit that we're looking for."
Dennis Schaal | 6 months ago
Short-Term Rentals
Nothing underscores how mainstream vacation rentals have become as seeing institutional investors get in on the action.
Sean O'Neill | 6 months ago
Coronavirus
So far this year, a dozen travel companies went public or made plans to do so. A couple of them may shine. But the odds are stacked against this year's IPOs, on average, over the long term. Find out why.
Sean O'Neill, Skift | 12 months ago
Hotels
Despite the Covid-19 hit, Airbnb stands above its fellow travel rivals due to its ability to continue to book sales during the crisis and turn those stays into cash flow.
Seth Borko and Dennis Schaal, Skift | 2 years ago
Sporting some red ink in its financial results doesn't spell doom and gloom for Airbnb's prospects of going public in 2020. On the other hand, the question for employees and investors becomes — at what valuation?
Dennis Schaal, Skift | 3 years ago
