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Travel fintech momentum builds as industry looks to boost revenue

By Linda Fox | May 17, 2022

Travel companies plan to equal or increase investment in fintech products and services this year. Read More

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Expedia Group on “deconstructing” online travel

By Jill Menze | May 13, 2022

The online travel giant’s Open World platform is designed for partners of all sizes to take advantage of Expedia Group’s technology. Read More

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Katanox raises $5.7M, adds Expedia exec Rob Torres to board

By Mitra Sorrells | May 12, 2022

Katanox says it will use this funding to expand internationally and further develop its platform and integrations with CRS, PMS and payment service providers. Read More

News / Online

Travel booking windows increasing as consumers look ahead

By Linda Fox | May 11, 2022

The seven-day booking window trend seen in the pandemic is declining across EMEA and the Americas. Read More

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Inside Expedia Group's new unified loyalty program

By Jill Menze | May 9, 2022

Called One Key, the program will allow loyalty members to earn and burn points across all of Expedia Group’s brands. Read More

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Expedia Group revamps marketplace, tech platform as part of new strategy

By Jill Menze | May 4, 2022

At Expedia Group’s annual Explore partner event, the online travel giant outlined a new strategy that includes rewarding hotels for providing a better guest experience. Read More

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Trivago reports Q1 profit of €21M but excludes recent €30M fine

By Mitra Sorrells | May 2, 2022

On April 22, the Australian Federal Court ordered Trivago to pay a €30.2 million penalty for making misleading claims about hotel room rates online and in television advertising. Read More

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Expedia Group revenue jumps 81% as travel recovery continues

By Jill Menze | May 2, 2022

For the first quarter of 2022, Expedia Group revenue was $2.2 billion, an 81% increase from $1.2 billion in Q1 2021. Read More

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Expedia Group joins Prince Harry's Travalyst sustainable travel coalition

By Kevin May | April 20, 2022

Expedia Group will sit alongside arch rival Booking Holdings, Trip.com Group, Skyscanner, Tripadvisor, Google and Visa in the coalition of companies first created by Prince Harry in 2019. Read More

News / Distribution

Online activity shows growing recovery for travel

By Mitra Sorrells | April 12, 2022

An analysis by Similarweb shows visits to airline and hospitality websites are up as consumers act on their desire to travel. Read More

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Online travel giants ramped up marketing spend in 2021

By Kevin May | March 30, 2022

The amounts being splashed out on various forms of advertising activity are not at the same levels of 2019, understandably, but the tried and trusted methods are back in vogue. Read More

News / Online

Are online travel companies moving too slowly on sustainability?

By Kevin May | March 28, 2022

Some might suggest that the power such companies have (any brand that can spend millions of dollars on marketing should be considered to have some considerable influence on consumers) is yet to be fully... Read More

News / Online

Hopper outperformed all other OTA apps in 2021

By Jill Menze | March 25, 2022

According to a report from Apptopia, Hopper grew 494% in 2021, overtaking Airbnb as the leader in market share by monthly active users. Read More

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Expedia Group, Booking Holdings halt Russia travel sales

By Jamie Biesiada - Travel Weekly | March 9, 2022

Bookings to Eastern Europe that include Russia represent a high single-digit percentage of Booking Holdings' gross sales. Read More

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Can tech valuations hold onto their lead over travel stocks?

By Linda Fox | March 1, 2022

Zoom was worth more than 15 of the largest airlines during the pandemic - but there are questions over whether such performance will continue. Read More

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