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Skyscanner tests personalized road trip service

By Mitra Sorrells | July 29, 2021

Skyscanner's new Road Trips service is built on personalization capabilities from Inspirock and launching in five countries. Read More

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Google told more transparency needed in flight and hotel prices by regulator

By Linda Fox | July 28, 2021

Google has been given two months to make changes to its flight and hotel pricing results. Read More

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Refunds, enhanced cleaning drive booking decisions - not price

By Jill Menze | July 28, 2021

According to a new report from Expedia Group, price is not the primary driver behind traveler booking decisions. Read More

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Amadeus offers Hopper’s travel fintech products to intermediaries and airlines

By Mitra Sorrells | July 27, 2021

In a new two-way partnership Amadeus will offer Hopper’s fintech products to its clients while Hopper gains access to Amadeus’ car rental inventory. Read More

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My Method... How Getaway used email marketing to boost metrics across the board

By Will Crocker Hay - Braze | July 27, 2021

With the travel industry in recovery mode, businesses are driving growth by investing in customer engagement. Read More

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Charting the rise of SPACs in online travel

By Linda Fox | July 27, 2021

About eight travel companies have exited via special purpose acquisition company in recent months, as other SPACs continue to eye the sector. Read More

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Lyft and Ford unite to push autonomous ride-hailing services at scale

By Kevin May | July 26, 2021

The motor manufacturing giant will deploy its vehicles and safety drivers, using Argo AI's autonomous driving software, on the Lyft network of services. Read More

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Travelzoo sees revenues climb, driven by North America

By Linda Fox | July 26, 2021

Travelzoo's Europe business is still lagging at 48% of 2019 revenues. Read More

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VIDEO: The next chapter or a new tale for a travel giant?

By PhocusWire | July 26, 2021

Ariane Gorin, president of Expedia for Business, shares her vision for what comes next in a discussion with Phocuswright's Lorraine Sileo. Read More

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Expedia down, Airbnb up for bookings for some hotels in Europe and Asia

By Mitra Sorrells | July 26, 2021

An analysis by D-Edge Hospitality Solutions finds that while online travel agencies remain the dominant source of online revenue for its client hotels, in the last five years the share of bookings... Read More

Interview / Technology

Sounding Off: New innovations don't always spell the end of old ones

By PhocusWire | July 23, 2021

An additional tool in a provider or traveler’s toolbox does not eliminate the need for similar solutions. Read More

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VIDEO: Digital marketing to the rescue? Reevaluating best practices in travel

By PhocusWire | July 23, 2021

During Phocuswright Europe 2021, executives from Mirai and Sojern discuss the digital marketing opportunities presented by the pandemic and the clean slate travel marketers can build from. Read More

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U.K. banking app Revolut launches travel booking product

By Jill Menze | July 22, 2021

Fintech startup Revolut has launched a travel product called Stays that allows customers to book trips and receive 10% instant cash back. Read More

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VIDEO: Can the travel industry avoid a post-pandemic social divide?

By PhocusWire | July 21, 2021

Issues range from those that do not have the ability to travel from a vaccination perspective to, in particular, those that do not have the money to resume the same types of trips that they took... Read More

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Kayak rolls out full launch, new features for corporate travel solution

By Mitra Sorrells | July 20, 2021

Kayak first announced the free business travel solution in November 2019 and says more than 3,000 companies have signed up to use it in the last three months. Read More

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