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Articles tagged “online travel newsletter”

Online Travel

Expedia Hires Google Travel Advertising Director Rob Torres

The pandemic waylaid Expedia Group's 2019 vow to reduce its reliance on advertising through Google. If Expedia seeks to resume working on that goal, it now has a key member of Google's travel advertising leadership to help lead the effort.

Dennis Schaal | 2 years ago

Expedia Hires Google Travel Advertising Director Rob Torres

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

Online Travel

New Airbnb Guest Complaint Policy Tries to Balance 2-Sided Marketplace

Airbnb at times has seemed to lean more toward the rights of guests than hosts while smaller rival Vrbo has done the opposite, tilting toward hosts at some junctures to the disadvantage of guests. Although a host land grab recruitment slugfest is under way, it makes sense to try to carve out a middle ground.

Dennis Schaal | 2 years ago

New Airbnb Guest Complaint Policy Tries to Balance 2-Sided Marketplace

Travel Technology

Travel’s Pandemic Digital Push Was Just the Start

The digital ease of booking travel is growing post-pandemic and it's only the beginning.

Lebawit Lily Girma | 2 years ago

Travel’s Pandemic Digital Push Was Just the Start

Online Travel

Booking.com’s Europe Recovery Lifted by Neighbors Traveling Cross-Border

A new type of travel corridor is emerging, particularly between France, Germany and the UK, as tourists stay close to home when booking their first international trips in a long time.

Matthew Parsons | 2 years ago

Booking.com’s Europe Recovery Lifted by Neighbors Traveling Cross-Border

Online Travel

Expedia Still Predicts a Big Travel Boost in Europe This Summer

Learning to live with Covid, Expedia expects an amazing summer for its Europe business, but is wary of the kind of restrictions that may come back, if at all they do.

Peden Doma Bhutia | 2 years ago

Expedia Still Predicts a Big Travel Boost in Europe This Summer

Travel Technology

These Startups Want to Digitize the World’s Intercity Buses

Intercity bus travel isn't glamorous. But at least one company will drag this sector online and make piles of money along the way.

Sean O'Neill | 2 years ago

These Startups Want to Digitize the World’s Intercity Buses

Online Travel

Vacasa CEO Reengages a Supply Strategy He Used at OpenTable

Does Vacasa’s technology and scale really give it a defensible position in North America? Moats are so overrated.

Dennis Schaal | 2 years ago

Vacasa CEO Reengages a Supply Strategy He Used at OpenTable

Online Travel

U.S. Travel Booking Sites See Strong Summer Demand

The desire to just get away is stronger for U.S. travelers than the higher cost of fuel and (so far) fears of another coronavirus variant surge.

Doyinsola Oladipo, Reuters | 2 years ago

U.S. Travel Booking Sites See Strong Summer Demand

Online Travel

Oyo’s Pending IPO Could Be Halved or Even Scuttled

Oyo's potential IPO has likely run head-on into the collapse of several recent public market debuts in India with a couple of lawsuits potentially figuring into the regulator's delayed decision. Oyo will eventually go public, but that maiden public appearance likely won't resemble the initial vision.

Dennis Schaal | 2 years ago

Oyo’s Pending IPO Could Be Halved or Even Scuttled