Articles tagged “online travel newsletter”

Booking Holdings shed its entire stake in China's Trip.com Group at a loss of $130 million in 2020. But Booking retains a substantial foothold in China outbound travel that it can ride to advantage in 2023.

What's good for the goose is good for the Google. Or so Airbnb thinks.

Having your top executives jailed is one thing. But as that issue recedes, Lastminute.com needs to deal with its under-performance issues and execute on strategy shifts.

Airbnb was the top travel brand spender on U.S. TV, but Expedia Group brands collectively committed more dinero. Booking.com got way more active than last year.

Inspirato, the self-styled "luxury travel subscription brand," is becoming a little less subscription-oriented as it tries to expand its potential customer pool.

Puerto Ricans aren't merely imagining that Airbnb and Vrbo have transformed their neighborhoods — sometimes negatively. Here's a report that quantifies the housing impact.

If and when outbound Chinese travelers return, they will be a post-pandemic version of their former selves with altered likes and dislikes. Old-school marketing may fall flat.

To get an understanding of why there is so much buzz about generative AI and what this means for the travel industry and travelers, Skift CEO Rafat Ali talked to analyst and author David Mattin.

It's clear that vacation rental hosts and property managers crave direct bookings, and many may be making inroads. Still, the marketing power of big brands is tough to compete with.

In Skift's top stories this week, Expedia and Booking are making big changes to their business models, artificial intelligence emerges as a major force in travel, and the World Cup boosts the Middle East's tourism recovery.