Articles tagged “google flights”

Online Travel

After Booking Deal Went Bust, Etraveli CEO Says Price ‘No Longer in Play’

Booking.com's appeal of the adverse European Commission decision on its merger with eTraveli Group will take years to play out. If self-styled "bigger fish" eTraveli is still around for the taking, it would cost considerably more.

Dennis Schaal | 2 months ago

After Booking Deal Went Bust, Etraveli CEO Says Price ‘No Longer in Play’

Online Travel

You Can Still Book Some Flights on Google – For Now

If Google wants to build its flight price guarantee, it has the challenge that it always had with Book on Google — find airlines content to having their customers get into the Google habit.

Dennis Schaal | 3 months ago

You Can Still Book Some Flights on Google – For Now

Online Travel

Google Travel Is Not Named Among Alphabet’s Key Priorities

Google's key priorities are artificial intelligence, retail, and YouTube. Travel is still an important vertical — it's just not a top focus.

Dennis Schaal | 5 months ago

Google Travel Is Not Named Among Alphabet’s Key Priorities

Online Travel

Google Travel Boss Richard Holden Has Been Replaced

Kudos to Google for bringing some diversity into the leadership of Google Travel. Left unanswered is whether the leadership changes portend any strategic shifts.

Dennis Schaal | 5 months ago

Google Travel Boss Richard Holden Has Been Replaced

Online Travel

Book on Google Keeps on Ticking With Flight Refunds

Google has been tracking flight prices for a considerable period so now it is backing up its data with real money. It's real money, but a pittance for Google.

Dennis Schaal | 9 months ago

Book on Google Keeps on Ticking With Flight Refunds

Online Travel

Google’s Travel Business Proves Stubbornly Resilient as Other Advertisers Retreated

Google is actively taking a new look at its business priorities, propelled by companywide bets on artificial intelligence. Google Travel is clearly an important part of its advertising business, but will it be as shiny as others?

Dennis Schaal | 10 months ago

Google’s Travel Business Proves Stubbornly Resilient as Other Advertisers Retreated

Online Travel

Google Flights Could Shift Strategy After Heavy Layoffs

Why doesn't Google promote Google Travel as a one-stop shop? The layoffs at Google Flights show there's too much ad revenue in play on the Google.com side of the flights business to merit such an all-in approach.

Dennis Schaal | 10 months ago

Google Flights Could Shift Strategy After Heavy Layoffs

Airlines

IAG’s Avios Points Push and Other Top Stories This Week

In Skift's top stories this week, IAG is seeking more customers for its Avios currency, U.S. companies are substantially cutting business travel budgets and Hilton is again pushing sustainability to its corporate clients.

Rashaad Jorden | 1 year ago

IAG’s Avios Points Push and Other Top Stories This Week

News Blog

Google Will No Longer Be a Place to Book Travel as Fewer Travelers Were Using It

Google announced it will shut Book on Google for flights for users outside the U.S. at the end of September, and told Skift it will likewise end the feature in the U.S. sometime after March 31. It turns out, a declining number of users were booking their flights on Google, which acknowledged that travelers would…

Dennis Schaal | 1 year ago

Online Travel

Google Flights Changes to Emissions Calculations Stir Controversy

Google didn't bow to airline pressure on this one, nor is it trying to greenwash. Instead, Google is trying to get the data right on the non-CO2 climate impact of flights.

Dennis Schaal | 1 year ago

Google Flights Changes to Emissions Calculations Stir Controversy