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Articles tagged “travel tech”

Online Travel

The Case for Expedia Narrowing the Profit Gap With Booking Holdings

In some ways, Expedia Group's potential narrowing of the take rate gap with Booking Holdings has a lot to do with Booking's strategic decisions — pushing more into the U.S. and expanding its lower-margin flights business.

Dennis Schaal | 11 months ago

The Case for Expedia Narrowing the Profit Gap With Booking Holdings

Tourism

Ajman Becomes Latest Emirate to Permit Short-Term Rentals

Given that hotels and short-term rentals are competing for the same target audience, one cannot ignore the competitive dynamics between these two industries.

Peden Doma Bhutia | 11 months ago

Ajman Becomes Latest Emirate to Permit Short-Term Rentals

Tour Operators

GetYourGuide’s $194 Million Investment Raise Pushes it Towards $2 Billion Valuation

GetYourGuide has moved into the $1 billion+ funding league with its latest raise. This might seem high in the short term, but not if projections for growth in the experiences sector hold.

Selene Brophy | 11 months ago

GetYourGuide’s $194 Million Investment Raise Pushes it Towards $2 Billion Valuation

Travel Technology

Airbnb, Expedia, Uber: What Top CEOs Are Saying About AI

Generative AI is still in the early stages, but major travel companies are investing in tools that many of them say will be an important part of the future.

Justin Dawes | 11 months ago

Airbnb, Expedia, Uber: What Top CEOs Are Saying About AI

Travel Technology

GetYourGuide Joins Kayak and Expedia With a ChatGPT Plugin

ChatGPT plugins had already covered flight and hotel bookings. Now, two new travel companies are joining the experiment, bringing ticketed events and car rentals into the mix.

Justin Dawes | 11 months ago

GetYourGuide Joins Kayak and Expedia With a ChatGPT Plugin

Online Travel

Best Time to Travel? Kayak Says Its New Tool Can Help

Customers will return to the platforms that make travel planning and booking more convenient. Maybe this tool could also capture customers who would otherwise be turned off by inflated rates.

Justin Dawes | 11 months ago

Best Time to Travel? Kayak Says Its New Tool Can Help

Startups

Worldia Raises $27 Million for Travel Agency Booking Platform

Worldia wants to help travel agents book several parts of a trip through a single platform, and Travel.win is curating travel products that credit card companies can use for their loyalty programs.

Justin Dawes | 12 months ago

Worldia Raises $27 Million for Travel Agency Booking Platform

Online Travel

Expedia to Power Travel for Mastercard-Connected Banks

Expedia Group has a strong – and growing – business to business segment that is about a quarter of its overall revenue. Booking Holdings and Hopper are nipping at Expedia's heels.

Dennis Schaal | 12 months ago

Expedia to Power Travel for Mastercard-Connected Banks

Online Travel

Google Partners with eDreams Odigeo on Generative AI in Travel

We've heard from travel companies partnering with OpenAI to implement generative AI. Now here's one partnering with Google.

Justin Dawes | 12 months ago

Google Partners with eDreams Odigeo on Generative AI in Travel

Business Travel

Navan Upgrades its AI Chatbot to Target Corporate Travel Cost-Saving

Conversational search is an exciting space in travel, even for the somewhat tedious side of travel and expenses management, which now sees the virtual assistant role extended into a data analyst. Navan is offering predictive travel budget solutions.

Selene Brophy | 12 months ago

Navan Upgrades its AI Chatbot to Target Corporate Travel Cost-Saving