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Marriott’s Sorenson: Open hotels pass 20% occupancy, new construction projects will continue
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June 2, 2020
Marriott International CEO Arne Sorenson gave business updates during Goldman Sachs' Travel and Leisure Conference....
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How an all-women engineering team is helping hotels through COVID-19
By Jill Menze
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June 1, 2020
A team of Duetto engineers recently won an all-women hackathon event for their Hotel Haven concept, which connects those in need with places to stay....
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Bryan Dove steps down as Skyscanner CEO
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June 1, 2020
Moshe Rafiah is to take on the CEO role at Skyscanner following a decision made by Bryan Dove to leave the business for family reasons....
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Google expands pay-per-stay hotel ad product to quell risk aversion
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June 1, 2020
Hotel partners using the commission-per-stay option only pay for a Google ad after a guest has completed a stay....
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Didi gets $500M from SoftBank to develop autonomous driving technology
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May 30, 2020
Didi claims it is the single largest fundraising round in China for the autonomous vehicle industry. To-date Didi has raised $21.7 billion....
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Tripfuser lands £2.4M in funding, seeks further expansion
By Linda Fox
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May 29, 2020
Funding for the Australia-based company was led by the Royal Automobile Club of Victoria. Acting CEO Matt McCann takes up the role permanently....
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Mobile hotel company Cabana raises $3.5M to expand fleet of camper vans
By Mitra Sorrells
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May 29, 2020
Cabana says it is merging “van life with boutique hotel comfort,” at a rate of about $200 per night....
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Trip.com Group revenue drops over 40% in Q1, expects steeper decline in Q2
By Mitra Sorrells
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May 28, 2020
The company is bracing for continued losses but says it is seeing signs of recovery in domestic travel....
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Traveling festival fans hopeful of swift return but only if free web cancelations available
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May 28, 2020
A survey of 110,000 festival-goers from countries such as the U.K., France and Germany found that over eight out of ten (82%) would feel confident attending an event within one to six months of restrictions being relaxed....
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Expedia Group pledges $275M to coronavirus recovery, gives lodging partners “free” marketing
By Jill Menze
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May 28, 2020
Expedia Group is dedicating more than a quarter of a billion dollars to help its lodging partners, destinations and the travel industry rebound from the impact of the coronavirus....
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Global vacation rental bookings surge to more than 2M, up 127% from early April
By Mitra Sorrells
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May 28, 2020
After a low of just 916,000 bookings in early April, AirDNA finds there has been a fairly steady increase in markets around the globe....
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InPhocus, episode 12 - Right place, right time for a travel startup
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May 28, 2020
Some travel startups are using the current climate to shore up their strategy and take advantage of the support that a few governments have offered in order to prop up young businesses....
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Destination X - The new normal in tourism
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May 27, 2020
Have we learned anything, or do we race back to the same mistakes that many destinations and attractions were making prior to the outbreak? ...
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Holiday weekend road trip activity up to “spring break levels” in some parts of U.S.
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May 27, 2020
Arrivalist found a sharp increase in long road trip activity at the start of the Memorial Day weekend in the United States....
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VIDEO: New Reality With... Axel Hefer of Trivago
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May 27, 2020
The next guest on the New Reality With... series is Axel Hefer, CEO of Trivago, the Germany-based hotel search service....
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