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Articles tagged “hometogo”

Short-Term Rentals

HomeToGo and Other Newly Public Companies on Track in 2023 to Reverse Losses

A bunch of companies that pledge to break even or better on an adjusted EBITDA basis this year will actually be in the red using more standard financial measures. These financial makeovers are very much in vogue.

Dennis Schaal | 1 year ago

HomeToGo and Other Newly Public Companies on Track in 2023 to Reverse Losses

Online Travel

Booking.com Alums and Other Online Travel Vets Team Up to Disrupt Cruise Bookings

Turning a large proportion of cruise bookings from offline travel agents into online instant bookings would be a big ask. Many of Cruisebound's backers don't need the money, but they will have to prove themselves again nonetheless.

Dennis Schaal | 1 year ago

Booking.com Alums and Other Online Travel Vets Team Up to Disrupt Cruise Bookings

Short-Term Rentals

Southern Europe’s Short-Term Rentals Boosted by Economic Crisis in North

The region is already seeing soaring demand for long-term winter stays because of rising energy costs in the north. The impact on traditional vacation pricing could be huge.

Corina Pons, Catarina Demony and Karolina Tagaris, Reuters | 1 year ago

Southern Europe’s Short-Term Rentals Boosted by Economic Crisis in North

Short-Term Rentals

HomeToGo Made Progress in Booking Strategy That Other Metas Abandoned

A public company, HomeToGo is still very small. However, in metasearch, albeit for short-term rentals, it is going places where larger rivals were unsuccessful.

Dennis Schaal | 1 year ago

HomeToGo Made Progress in Booking Strategy That Other Metas Abandoned

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 | 2 years ago

Short-Term Rentals

HomeToGo Accelerated Its Direct Bookings in the Second Quarter

HomeToGo is among a bevy of newly public companies that vow to get to a semblance of profitability in 2023. They are tired of seeing their share prices pummeled.

Dennis Schaal | 2 years ago

HomeToGo Accelerated Its Direct Bookings in the Second Quarter

Short-Term Rentals

The Definitive Oral History of Short-Term Rentals, Part 1

Airbnb disrupted vacation rentals. Will short-term rentals take a chunk out of the hotel business? History shows that's a distinct probability.

Dennis Schaal | 2 years ago

The Definitive Oral History of Short-Term Rentals, Part 1

Short-Term Rentals

HomeToGo Buys E-Domizil for $45 Million In Homes Strategy Shift

Other than at exception-to-the-rule Google, metasearch has been on a downward spiral in vacation rentals for years. HomeToGo is turning itself into a series of booking sites instead, which just might work in that holiday home sector.

Dennis Schaal | 2 years ago

HomeToGo Buys E-Domizil for $45 Million In Homes Strategy Shift

Short-Term Rentals

Sonder Underwhelms in Public Debut

Sonder's delayed stock market debut came to be, finally. Now with a $310 million injection of proceeds from private investors, and tapping into a $165 million credit line, the company can go about its business trying to build the next household name hospitality brand.

Dennis Schaal | 2 years ago

Sonder Underwhelms in Public Debut

Online Travel

Letting the Air Out of Online Travel’s IPO Bloat

Stock markets, at their best, can be hype killers, and public investors shot down many inflated private company valuations in 2021. This may be a sobering development for IPO and SPAC wannabes in 2022.

Dennis Schaal | 2 years ago

Letting the Air Out of Online Travel’s IPO Bloat