Articles tagged “last-minute”

Short-Term Rentals

Short-Term Rentals See Last-Minute Bookings Rise But at Lower Rates

Discounted deals on last-minute bookings are more than just a passing trend. It's fast becoming a market with many entrants. But it's unlikely to alarm bigger players like Airbnb and Vrbo unwilling to compromise on brand and experiences.

Short-Term Rentals See Last-Minute Bookings Rise But at Lower Rates

News Blog

Google Adds Last-Minute Rentals Platform Whimstay as Latest Partner

Google has added San Francisco-based startup Whimstay as a vacation rental partner. Whimstay focuses on booking last-minute vacation rentals and the selling of distressed inventory β€” or providing discounts on vacation rentals that would otherwise go unoccupied at full retail rates. Google will now add Whimstay's 150,000 vacation rental properties to its travel search function.…

Online Travel

Google Searches for Summer Trips Doubled in Q2

Searches for travel β€” and retail items β€” propelled Google's advertising business in the second quarter, although one executive acknowledged that the travel sector is "experiencing some challenges."

Google Searches for Summer Trips Doubled in Q2

Online Travel

Discounts on Last-Minute Short-Term Rentals Could Be the Next Big Thing

Whether it’s via Whimstay or others, the Hotwire-like selling of last-minute inventory for vacation rentals is destined to find a role in this very hot sector.

Discounts on Last-Minute Short-Term Rentals Could Be the Next Big Thing

Online Travel

HotelTonight Cuts 20% of Staff to Focus on ‘Long Term’

As we've said before, HotelTonight was facing tough challenges from hotel brands and better funded online booking sites that have their own design on the last-minute booking space.

HotelTonight Cuts 20% of Staff to Focus on ‘Long Term’

Tourism

20 Charts Showing Surprising Trends in Global Last-Minute Travel

What travelers search for and what they actually book are horses of different colors and these insights highlight exactly how that plays out around the world.

20 Charts Showing Surprising Trends in Global Last-Minute Travel

Online Travel

Is It Crisis Time for HotelTonight or All Systems Go?

As competitors close in and some do heavy TV advertising, HotelTonight states that it is doing "hundreds of millions of dollars" annually in gross bookings and that it has grown 100 percent per year over the last two years. This will continue to be an interesting skirmish between a well-funded startup focusing on last-minute versus larger players that can offer more wide-ranging solutions for hotels.

Is It Crisis Time for HotelTonight or All Systems Go?

Online Travel

The Standard Hotels Launches Its Own Same-Day App

This app is obviously only for married couples celebrating their 25th wedding anniversaries or higher. Know what we mean?

The Standard Hotels Launches Its Own Same-Day App

Online Travel

Booking.com Sharpens Last-Minute Booking Focus With Standalone App

Focus, such as Booking.com's sole attention to lodging, has frequently been a winner in online travel. Booking Now's focus on last-minute bookings, instead of trying to be all things to all people in a multipurpose app, may produce substantial gains.

Booking.com Sharpens Last-Minute Booking Focus With Standalone App

Hotels

Why Hotels are Losing Last-Minute Battle to Booking Sites

Hotels are losing the battle for last-minute mobile bookings to the online travel agencies. It's not a huge surprise given their respective marketing resources, but this could hurt hotels even more in the future as the shift to mobile bookings accelerates.

Why Hotels are Losing Last-Minute Battle to Booking Sites