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Marriott’s Sorenson: Open hotels pass 20% occupancy, new construction projects will continue
By Mitra Sorrells | June 2, 2020
Marriott International CEO Arne Sorenson gave business updates during Goldman Sachs' Travel and Leisure Conference.... Read More
How an all-women engineering team is helping hotels through COVID-19
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How an all-women engineering team is helping hotels through COVID-19
By Jill Menze | 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.... Read More
Bryan Dove steps down as Skyscanner CEO
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Bryan Dove steps down as Skyscanner CEO
By Kevin May | 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.... Read More
Google expands pay-per-stay hotel ad product to quell risk aversion
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Google expands pay-per-stay hotel ad product to quell risk aversion
By Mitra Sorrells | June 1, 2020
Hotel partners using the commission-per-stay option only pay for a Google ad after a guest has completed a stay.... Read More
Didi gets $500M from SoftBank to develop autonomous driving technology
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Didi gets $500M from SoftBank to develop autonomous driving technology
By Kevin May | 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.... Read More
Tripfuser lands £2.4M in funding, seeks further expansion
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Tripfuser lands £2.4M in funding, seeks further expansion
By Linda Fox | 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.... Read More
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Mobile hotel company Cabana raises $3.5M to expand fleet of camper vans
By Mitra Sorrells | May 29, 2020
Cabana says it is merging “van life with boutique hotel comfort,” at a rate of about $200 per night.... Read More
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Trip.com Group revenue drops over 40% in Q1, expects steeper decline in Q2
By Mitra Sorrells | May 28, 2020
The company is bracing for continued losses but says it is seeing signs of recovery in domestic travel.... Read More
Traveling festival fans hopeful of swift return but only if free web cancelations available
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Traveling festival fans hopeful of swift return but only if free web cancelations available
By Kevin May | 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.... Read More
Expedia Group pledges $275M to coronavirus recovery, gives lodging partners “free” marketing
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Expedia Group pledges $275M to coronavirus recovery, gives lodging partners “free” marketing
By Jill Menze | 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.... Read More
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Global vacation rental bookings surge to more than 2M, up 127% from early April
By Mitra Sorrells | 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.... Read More
InPhocus, episode 12 - Right place, right time for a travel startup
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InPhocus, episode 12 - Right place, right time for a travel startup
By PhocusWire | 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.... Read More
Destination X - The new normal in tourism
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Destination X - The new normal in tourism
By PhocusWire | 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? ... Read More
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Holiday weekend road trip activity up to “spring break levels” in some parts of U.S.
By Mitra Sorrells | 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.... Read More
VIDEO: New Reality With... Axel Hefer of Trivago
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VIDEO: New Reality With... Axel Hefer of Trivago
By PhocusWire | May 27, 2020
The next guest on the New Reality With... series is Axel Hefer, CEO of Trivago, the Germany-based hotel search service.... Read More