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Kayak isn't as muscular today in metasearch, as some would have forecast years ago, given the impact of Google. But Kayak hasn't folded, either.
Dennis Schaal | 2 weeks ago
Business Travel
Adding Amadeus and Travelport certainly expands Travalyst's reach, but the partnerships will only be worthwhile if their corporate travel agency customers adopt Travalyst's method of calculating carbon emissions.
Matthew Parsons | 3 weeks ago
Geographic diversification is paying off for China's Trip.com Group. Europe and the U.S. is still a fraction of its overall business, but they are now significant contributors.
Dennis Schaal | 2 months ago
Coronavirus
While not fully recovered, travel is taking on recognizable and predictable patterns in most regions. Asia Pacific is the exception, where there are still major fluctuations in travel performance with every new announcement of loosening and tightening of pandemic-related restrictions.
Wouter Geerts | 2 months ago
Google didn't bow to airline pressure on this one, nor is it trying to greenwash. Instead, Google is trying to get the data right on the non-CO2 climate impact of flights.
Dennis Schaal | 3 months ago
Acquisitions can have unintended consequences. Trip.com Group likely didn't view the acquisitions of Skyscanner and Gogobot as hedges against the collapse of China travel.
Dennis Schaal | 5 months ago
James Liang has been banned from posting on China's Weibo for "violating relevant laws and regulations." But few could deny that ongoing lockdowns are hitting the economy, as tourism continues to suffer.
Sophie Yu and Brenda Goh, Reuters | 6 months ago
Tourism
As football fans from around the world make a beeline to catch their favorite stars in action, Doha becomes the top trending destination. However, being the most geographically-compact World Cup host comes with its own set of challenges.
Peden Doma Bhutia | 6 months ago
The latest data and insights from our partners show that the travel industry is continuing to return to "traditional" levels of demand, and traveler behavior is looking increasingly like it did before the pandemic.
Wouter Geerts | 6 months ago
With the search engine also publishing the methodology and framework for other travel sellers to adopt, there's a greater chance that carbon emissions data will eventually become standardized, and less confusing. But there's still a long way to go.
Matthew Parsons | 8 months ago
