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Articles tagged “vacation rentals”

Online Travel

Have Price-Based Travel Decisions Lost Their Appeal?

While climate change and the pandemic clearly ratcheted up travelers' concerns about factors other than price, are we at the point that Airbnb will compete against Vrbo, and Booking will battle Expedia over which companies have the lighter carbon footprints? That would indeed be progress.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 3 years ago

Have Price-Based Travel Decisions Lost Their Appeal?

Online Travel

Lakestar Will Take HomeToGo Public in $1 Billion Bet on Vacation Rental Search

HomeToGo's move to go public is a validation of the booming vacation rental sector. It's also a rare accomplishment for a German-based startup. Europe had been playing a catchup game with Silicon Valley, but no longer.

Sean O'Neill, Skift | 3 years ago

Lakestar Will Take HomeToGo Public in $1 Billion Bet on Vacation Rental Search

Hotels

Vrbo Adds Hotels to Fill In Vacation Rental Gaps

Vrbo was leaving money on the proverbial table by sticking with whole homes. That seems to be changing, but it remains to be seen how far Vrbo will meander into hotels and other inventory types.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 3 years ago

Business Travel

Hawaii Tourism Comes Back Strong and 9 Other Top Travel Stories This Week

In Skift's top stories this week, Hawaii's domestic U.S. tourism roared back, Accor's CEO said the biggest hotel investment bargains are yet to come, and HomeToGo could go public in a blank-check-company deal.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 3 years ago

Online Travel

Booking Holdings Expands Loyalty Program to Priceline, Kayak and Agoda

At a time when some big hotel brands seek to increase average daily rates, Booking Holdings' expansion of its Genius loyalty and discounting program could hurt that effort. Some individual properties, hungry for increased exposure as they compete with vacation rentals and other hotels, will welcome the move.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 3 years ago

Booking Holdings Expands Loyalty Program to Priceline, Kayak and Agoda

Online Travel

Italy Claims Booking.com Evaded $186 Million in Lodging Tax

There's no doubt that G7 countries and the European Union will be cracking down on corporate taxes. Whether Booking.com or individual properties it works with are responsible for paying the Value Added Tax has been the subject for robust debate for years.

Toby Sterling, Reuters | 3 years ago

Italy Claims Booking.com Evaded $186 Million in Lodging Tax

Online Travel

How Google Plans to Make Money in Travel — and Everything Else

Google eventually will monetize its vacation rental listings, but paid advertisements in its Things To Do vertical will happen sooner. Conscientious objectors Airbnb, Expedia/Vrbo and Booking, which aren't participating with Google in vacation rentals for now, will likely have something to say about the shape of that money grab.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 3 years ago

How Google Plans to Make Money in Travel — and Everything Else

Online Travel

Vacation Rental Manager VTrips Ramps Up Dealmaking and Mulls Going Public

VTrips all but outright says that it's more profitable than its larger rival Vacasa. But we'll only know for sure if they both file to go public.

Sean O'Neill, Skift | 3 years ago

Vacation Rental Manager VTrips Ramps Up Dealmaking and Mulls Going Public

Online Travel

Lakestar Plans to Take HomeToGo Public in $1.2 Billion Bet on Vacation Rental Search

Who said investors no longer want to bet on consumer-facing travel startups that compete with Google? HomeToGo is in talks to go public via a blank-check company owned by Lakestar. It'll be an approximately $1.2 billion deal, sources tell Skift.

Sean O'Neill, Skift | 3 years ago

Lakestar Plans to Take HomeToGo Public in $1.2 Billion Bet on Vacation Rental Search

Online Travel

Startup Backed by Former Priceline and Booking CEO Strikes Deal to Boost Hotel Automation

Operto is merely one startup in a sea of hospitality tech vendors. But it stands out for having Darren Huston, the former top boss of the world's largest online travel conglomerate, as its executive chairperson and key investor.

Skift, Sean O'Neill | 3 years ago

Startup Backed by Former Priceline and Booking CEO Strikes Deal to Boost Hotel Automation