Morgan Hines News

Airbnb’s Icons, group travel features have contributed to 1.7 million new profiles since May
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Airbnb’s Icons, group travel features have contributed to 1.7 million new profiles since May
By Morgan Hines | November 7, 2024
Airbnb saw $3.7 billion in revenue in Q3 this year, a 10% increase compared to Q3 2023, while adjusted... Read More
Trivago reports continued losses, cites impairment charge
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Trivago reports continued losses, cites impairment charge
By Morgan Hines | November 5, 2024
The hotel metasearch platform said it remains optimistic that it can return to top line growth... Read More
Camping marketplace Hipcamp acquires BookOutdoors
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Camping marketplace Hipcamp acquires BookOutdoors
By Morgan Hines | October 31, 2024
Hipcamp has more than 140,000 campsites listed in four countries and had more than 3.3 million nights... Read More
Booking Holdings' connected trip transactions jump 40% year over year in Q3
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Booking Holdings' connected trip transactions jump 40% year over year in Q3
By Morgan Hines | October 30, 2024
Booking Holdings brought in total revenue of $8 billion, a 9% increase compared to the same quarter... Read More
Expedia Group, Microsoft team up for loyalty initiative
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Expedia Group, Microsoft team up for loyalty initiative
By Morgan Hines | October 29, 2024
As a result of the new partnership, Bing users booking eligible accommodations will be able to earn... Read More
Chauffeur service provider Blacklane receives $65M investment
News / Technology
Chauffeur service provider Blacklane receives $65M investment
By Morgan Hines | October 29, 2024
 The company said the Series G round is its largest investment to do. It plans to se the... Read More
AI trip planner Mindtrip receives funding, launches receipt function
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AI trip planner Mindtrip receives funding, launches receipt function
By Morgan Hines | October 29, 2024
Mindtrip’s funding now sits above $20 million, just months after the company’s May launch. Its newest... Read More
Klook expands AI partnership with Google Cloud
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Klook expands AI partnership with Google Cloud
By Morgan Hines | October 25, 2024
Google Cloud and Klook will co-develop the new AI infrastructure layer. The duo will focus first on... Read More
Hotel direct booking rates stabilize with mobile gaining share, report says
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Hotel direct booking rates stabilize with mobile gaining share, report says
By Morgan Hines | October 23, 2024
A new report from H2c includes responses from 88 small, medium and large hotel chains representing... Read More
Assessing travel tech investment trends in Asia
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Assessing travel tech investment trends in Asia
By Morgan Hines | October 15, 2024
Read what Tim Hughes at Agoda, Jeff Kim at Yanolja and Nicholas Cocks from Velocity Ventures have to... Read More
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