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Online Travel
Today's podcast looks at Expedia's altered outlook, Booking Holdings' connected trip success, and the fight for privacy at U.S. airports.
Rashaad Jorden | 1 day ago
There's a newish metric for Booking.com, namely "connected transactions." Given the state of competition and other obstacles, the so-called connected trip is light years away.
Dennis Schaal | 1 day ago
Hotels
We web-scraped 20k+ hotels listed on Google across the U.S., Europe, Asia and Middle East to understand which online travel agencies and direct sites compete for bookings in Google's sponsored and organic listings.
Pranavi Agarwal | 1 week ago
Advertising in travel metasearch used to be near the top of the list for online travel agencies and hotels. But then along came Google Hotels, YouTube, and TikTok, as well as hotel and online travel agency loyalty programs to deflate the value proposition.
Dennis Schaal | 1 month ago
Business Travel
As in the planned American Express Global Business Travel Group merger with CWT, many marriages have in-law issues.
Booking.com's Travel Sustainable program ran into a regulatory buzzsaw.
Booking and Expedia now face slower growth, stiffer competition and increased pressure on profit margins.
Pranavi Agarwal | 1 month ago
Booking.com and Expedia know they have to get out there and market where their potential customers are. In this case, millions are on TikTok.
Dennis Schaal | 2 months ago
Travel Technology
A crazy twist in the world of travel and AI, here’s a tool that seems to actually work as intended.
Justin Dawes | 2 months ago
Experts compare the current AI-based tech revolution to the birth of the internet. With that level of magnitude comes plenty of issues.
