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In The Big Chair - Michelle McKinney Frymire of CWT

By Mitra Sorrells | November 10, 2021

Michelle McKinney Frymire became CEO of CWT in May 2021. She joined the company in 2019 after prior leadership roles at Starwood Vacation Ownership, Delta Air Lines and Continental Airlines. Read More

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Airline ancillary revenue expected to top $65.8B in 2021

By Jill Menze | November 9, 2021

According to a report from CarTrawler, 2021 passenger traffic gains and consumer support for à la carte services could lead to a 13% increase over 2020. Read More

News / Distribution

The Phocuswright Conference 2021 - five questions for aviation executives

By PhocusWire | November 9, 2021

A panel this year, focusing on airline retailing and distribution, features Cory Garner (T2RL), Vajid Jafri (Onriva), Traci Mercer (Sabre) and Alex Zoghlin (ATPCO). Read More

News / Technology

Q&A: SiteMinder on how it went public during a pandemic

By Kevin May | November 9, 2021

We spoke to CEO Sankar Narayan, who took over from co-founder and managing director Mike Ford three years ago, at the end of the its first day of trading as a public company. Read More

News / Online

Tripadvisor CEO Steve Kaufer to retire after two decades at helm

By Mitra Sorrells | November 8, 2021

Tripadvisor announced the news in tandem with its financial report for the third quarter of 2021. Kaufer says he will remain in his position until a successor is named. Read More

News / Distribution

Amadeus revenues up 77%, secures first profit since onset of pandemic

By Kevin May | November 5, 2021

The revenue boost year-over-year masks what is still a 47% lag behind revenues achieved in the corresponding quarter in 2019, before the COVID-19 pandemic. Read More

News / Distribution

Expedia Group nearly matches 2019 profit levels in Q3 2021

By Mitra Sorrells | November 4, 2021

Expedia Group says recovery in Q3 2021 was led by leisure and domestic travel, coming in particular from Vrbo. Read More

News / Online

Airbnb Q3 revenue tops $2.2B in record quarter

By Jill Menze | November 4, 2021

For the third quarter of 2021, Airbnb also reported its most profitable quarter ever with net income reaching $834 million. Read More

Opinion / Online

Short-term rentals have become inexorable

By Tom Caton - AirDNA | November 4, 2021

The dam has broken on short-term rentals becoming an asset class with fantastic returns available to all. Read More

News / Distribution

American Airlines fails to stop Sabre from using new display

By Robert Silk - Travel Weekly | November 4, 2021

The airline sued Sabre in June, contending that its New Airline Storefront, which the GDS developed with Delta, biases search results toward Delta in violation of Sabre's contract with American. Read More

News / Distribution

Europe travel drives Booking Holdings' revenue uptick in Q3

By Mitra Sorrells | November 3, 2021

Booking Holdings reports that room nights booked in Q3 2021 increased to 183 million and revenue increased to $4.7 billion – putting it just shy of Q3 2019 revenue of $5 billion. Read More

News / Technology

Cloudbeds raises $150M to accelerate R&D and customer acquisition

By Mitra Sorrells | November 3, 2021

The company says it currently serves more than 22,000 properties, including independent hotels, hostels, vacation rentals, and hotel groups, across 157 countries. Read More

News / Online

Amazon to offer travel in India via MakeMyTrip

By Linda Fox | November 3, 2021

The deal is part of Amazon Pay’s bid to add value by offering more services to consumers in the country. Read More

News / Distribution

Royal Caribbean tells travel agents: "Don't be afraid of digital"

By Ian Jarrett - Travel Weekly Asia | November 3, 2021

Travel partners who are digitally selling cruises have been able to recover business and grow their cruise business faster than others who have not yet gotten into that game successfully. Read More

News / Online

Lyft achieves second quarter of adjusted EBITDA profitability

By Jill Menze | November 2, 2021

For the third quarter of 2021, Lyft also reported record revenue per active rider. Read More

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