Articles tagged “privacy”

Short-Term Rentals

Airbnb Works to Keep Indoor Security Camera Complaints Hidden — CNN Investigation

Airbnb loves publicity, but not when it involves stories about hidden security cameras inside its properties.

Dennis Schaal | 3 months ago

Airbnb Works to Keep Indoor Security Camera Complaints Hidden — CNN Investigation

Travel Technology

What It Means To Add Expedia’s Travel Assistant Romie to Your Group Chat

You can invite generative AI assistant Romie to join your travel-planning group chat. It’s too early to tell if it will be a welcome guest.

Elizabeth Casolo | 4 months ago

What It Means To Add Expedia’s Travel Assistant Romie to Your Group Chat

Short-Term Rentals

Airbnb Privacy Update: A Ban On Indoor Security Cameras

The update is based on guest feedback.

Srividya Kalyanaraman | 7 months ago

Airbnb Privacy Update: A Ban On Indoor Security Cameras

Short-Term Rentals

Airbnb’s Latest Tools: ‘Guest Favorites,’ AI Photo Tours, and More 

If all of these Airbnb features work as advertised, then they will benefit hosts and guests — and Airbnb.

Dennis Schaal | 11 months ago

Airbnb’s Latest Tools: ‘Guest Favorites,’ AI Photo Tours, and More 

Short-Term Rentals

Airbnb Debuts a Private Rooms Category With New Privacy Features for Shared Stays

Airbnb improves on more privacy, price transparency and host engagement as part of its annual summer release upgrades.

Srividya Kalyanaraman | 1 year ago

Airbnb Debuts a Private Rooms Category With New Privacy Features for Shared Stays

Ground Transport

Uber Takes Further Steps Into Travel Through Itinerary Aggregator, and More

Uber may not become a superapp anytime soon, but wants to become a bigger part of your journey and everything you do in it, that is for sure.

Dennis Schaal | 2 years ago

Uber Takes Further Steps Into Travel Through Itinerary Aggregator, and More

News Blog

Airbnb Launches Trust and Safety Advisory Group

Airbnb announced the formation of a Trust & Safety Advisory Coalition to counsel the company on human trafficking, child safety, fire safety, privacy and online safety, community safety, women's safety, extremism and dangerous organizations, and mental health. The advisory group members include 22 organizations ranging from Tech Against Terrorism and the National Network to End…

Dennis Schaal | 2 years ago
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Media and PR

Skift Hospitality and Marketing Summit Video: Optimizing Travel Marketing for the Era of Mass Personalization

Travel's recovery is already underway. But when it comes to crafting successful marketing, the strategies that worked before Covid-19 won't necessarily work now. In this conversation from Skift's Hospitality and Marketing Summit, we hear from Neustar's Marc Vermut, about how travel and hospitality marketers are adapting their marketing and data collection practices for this new era.

Neustar + Skift | 3 years ago

Skift Hospitality and Marketing Summit Video: Optimizing Travel Marketing for the Era of Mass Personalization

Online Travel

Apple’s Privacy Update May Cripple Some Travel Ad Campaigns

Travel marketers need to fine-tune their digital advertising tactics in response to Apple's imminent privacy move. New data from adtech firm Criteo underscores the opportunities as well as the challenges.

Sean O'Neill, Skift | 3 years ago

Apple’s Privacy Update May Cripple Some Travel Ad Campaigns

Online Travel

U.S. Needs to Tighten Oversight of How Airlines Use Facial Recognition Data: New Government Report

Facial recognition tech divides people. They say either that it's faster and contactless, or that it invades people's privacy. But questions about data security matter, too.

Sean O'Neill, Skift | 4 years ago

U.S. Needs to Tighten Oversight of How Airlines Use Facial Recognition Data: New Government Report