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OYO acquires vacation rental business Direct Booker

By Linda Fox | May 10, 2022

Croatia-based vacation rental management company Direct Booker is said to have more than 3,000 homes on its platform. Read More

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Group travel is different - here's why

By Amadeus Hospitality | May 10, 2022

In order to help hoteliers plan for this new era, Amadeus combined insight from industry experts with business intelligence data to identify the key forces shaping group business. Read More

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Sabre acquires Nuvola to enrich hospitality retailing solutions

By Jill Menze | May 9, 2022

With Nuvola, Sabre aims to tackle the on-property fulfillment challenges that arise for hoteliers offering a wide range of ancillaries and attributes. Read More

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Iomob partners with Next Earth metaverse for journey planning

By Linda Fox | May 9, 2022

The aim of the partnership is to collaborate on the development of a service to plan real-life journeys via the metaverse. Read More

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Hotailors rebrands to WorkTrips, bags €23M investment

By Linda Fox | May 9, 2022

The funding will go toward rebranding Hotailors as well as boosting its presence in existing markets and extending the platform to new markets. 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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Despegar to acquire Brazilian OTA Viajanet

By Mitra Sorrells | May 6, 2022

This marks the third acquisition of a Brazil-based company for Despegar, which operates as Decolar in the Brazil market. Read More

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Conversion rates up, abandoned carts down as travel recovers

By Linda Fox | May 6, 2022

Terms such as "revenge travel" and "pent-up demand" are being thrown about as the travel industry recovers. Research from Quantum Metric builds out a picture of what's going on. Read More

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Booking Holdings reports quarterly record for gross bookings of $27B

By Mitra Sorrells | May 4, 2022

Booking Holdings' adjusted EBITDA in the Q1 2022 was $310 million, compared with an adjusted EBITDA loss of $195 million in Q1 2021. Read More

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Tripadvisor names media exec Matt Goldberg as CEO beginning July 1

By Mitra Sorrells | May 4, 2022

Goldberg has most recently been an executive at media buying platform The Trade Desk and was formerly CEO of Lonely Planet. 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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Lyft Q1 profit of $55M exceeds outlook by $40M

By Mitra Sorrells | May 3, 2022

Lyft achieved adjusted EBITDA of $55 million and revenue of $876 million in the first quarter of this year. Read More

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Sabre reports revenue gains across all business units

By Linda Fox | May 3, 2022

Sabre's revenue across distribution, hospitality solutions and travel solutions were boosted by industry recovery. Read More

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In The Big Chair - Jim Davidson of Accelya

By Jill Menze | May 3, 2022

Jim Davidson was named CEO of Accelya in March 2022, following the sale of his company Farelogix to the airline technology provider in 2020. Read More