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Articles tagged “online travel agencies”

Online Travel

Booking Holdings Sees Connected Trip Strategy as Critical for Post-Crisis Growth

Booking.com is a one-trick pony, but it's quite a trick. The brand shines at selling hotel stays online. Yet parent company Booking Holdings wants the brand to succeed at cross-selling all types of travel post-pandemic. That will be trickier.

Sean O'Neill, Skift | 3 years ago

Booking Holdings Sees Connected Trip Strategy as Critical for Post-Crisis Growth

Online Travel

Russia’s Travel Resilience Underscored by Startup Aviasales’ $43 Million Funding

Russia has an unpredictable business environment, and many of its households face income pressures. But the country should see a long-term shift from offline to online booking of travel, and that could be a tailwind for Aviasales and its peers.

Sean O'Neill, Skift | 3 years ago

Russia’s Travel Resilience Underscored by Startup Aviasales’ $43 Million Funding

Online Travel

Amadeus Will Deploy Hopper’s Upsell Products to Airlines and Agencies

Amadeus will distribute Hopper's upsells, such as trip cancellation protection, for consumers to add when buying from airlines and agencies. Seems like B2B2B2C is the new business-to-consumer (B2C).

Sean O'Neill, Skift | 3 years ago

Amadeus Will Deploy Hopper’s Upsell Products to Airlines and Agencies

Online Travel

Russia’s Homegrown Online Travel Firms Poised for Competitive Reset

Some analysts believe the online booking giants of Europe, the U.S., and China will sweep the world. Call it "travel giant triumphalism." But Russia may prove a treacherous market for foreign brands, opening a gap for local players.

Sean O'Neill, Skift | 3 years ago

Russia’s Homegrown Online Travel Firms Poised for Competitive Reset

Online Travel

Softbank’s $1.7 Billion Bet on Yanolja Is Largest Investment in a Travel Startup Since Pandemic Began

It's official and improbable. The South Korean startup Yanolja considers itself a triple threat to hotel tech sellers like Oracle Hospitality, online agencies like Hopper, and mid-market hospitality brands like Sonder. Can it really succeed in all three?

Sean O'Neill, Skift | 3 years ago

Softbank’s $1.7 Billion Bet on Yanolja Is Largest Investment in a Travel Startup Since Pandemic Began

Online Travel

Russian Startup Takes Page From Software Industry With Travel-As-a-Service Model

Even if you're not interested in the Russian travel market, OneTwoTrip's early traction with what it calls its "travel-as-a-service" model may have inspirational lessons for companies worldwide.

Sean O'Neill, Skift | 3 years ago

Russian Startup Takes Page From Software Industry With Travel-As-a-Service Model

Online Travel

Google to End Tours and Activities Booking Next Month

Google's retreat in tours and activities booking services doesn't mean Google is becoming less powerful in travel. It's part of Google's strategy to wrangle consistency across its products in offering a combination of advertisements and free listings to gain an even wider audience.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 3 years ago

Google to End Tours and Activities Booking Next Month

Hotels

Airbnb Sees Opportunities in Smart Homes in Partnerships With Apple, Amazon and Google

In the long term, it's clear that Airbnb will revisit recalibrating its focus beyond stays and experiences, and will dabble in flights, hotels, and smart-home technology. It would be silly not to.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 3 years ago

Airbnb Sees Opportunities in Smart Homes in Partnerships With Apple, Amazon and Google
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Online Travel

New Webinar: Industry Executives Debate the Future of Travel Retailing

Join Travelport alongside industry leaders for a live webinar that’s set to guide and inspire the travel retail sector as it unpacks existing challenges and future opportunities.

Travelport + Skift | 3 years ago

New Webinar: Industry Executives Debate the Future of Travel Retailing

Tourism

Agoda Leads an Asia Experiment in Quarantine Hotel Bookings

The industry blames quarantines for keeping tourists away. Agoda is on a quest to make it a solution, not the problem, to revive international travel to Asia. Here's why and how.

Raini Hamdi, Skift | 3 years ago

Agoda Leads an Asia Experiment in Quarantine Hotel Bookings