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Tripadvisor's Viator to provide activity content to Booking.com

By Kevin May | April 22, 2021

The partnership will begin with content for North America and Europe, with other destinations to come over the course of 2021. Read More

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One year on from COVID, Italian hoteliers recognize Booking.com is not the enemy

By Mitra Sorrells | March 12, 2021

Florence hotelier Giancarlo Carniani checks in to explain what has changed - and what remains the same - since last March. Read More

News / Technology

Kayak opening hotel, developing hotel tech in partnership with Life House

By Mitra Sorrells | March 9, 2021

Kayak will open Kayak Miami Beach in April and will use the property as a "design lab" to develop hotel technology. Read More

News / Online

Short-term rental bookings boom in the U.K. after roadmap announcement

By Jill Menze | March 3, 2021

Following Boris Johnson's announcement that the U.K. would ease lockdown plans, short-term rental bookings jumped 88% over the week prior. Read More

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Expedia Group and Booking Holdings slashed marketing by $6B in 2020 (but Airbnb now makes an entrance)

By Kevin May | March 2, 2021

The body check on marketing spend by the two giants of online travel in 2020 ends a run of gradually slowing increases in prior years. Read More

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Booking Holdings focuses on payment platform, connected trip and U.S. growth as 2020 revenue drops 55%

By Mitra Sorrells | February 24, 2021

Booking Holdings CEO Glenn Fogel says the company is focusing on products and strategies that can help the company grow as travel resumes. Read More

News / Startups

FantasticStay attracts €1.3M investment, plans expansion and vacation rental tech development

By Linda Fox | February 16, 2021

Rental technology startup FantasticStay acquired rival Vreasy last year and plans expansion following its latest round of funding. Read More

News / Online

Once upon a time, a cruise ship left the harbor... 366 days in the life of the travel industry

By Mitra Sorrells / Linda Fox | January 20, 2021

As we mark the one-year milestone of COVID's first impact on the travel industry, we review how key sectors have fared and what is one the horizon. Read More

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VIDEO: Kayak's Steve Hafner on pandemics, strategy and survival

By PhocusWire | January 5, 2021

Honest and interesting - just with fewer wisecracks than during normal years. That was Kayak CEO Steve Hafner's appearance at The Phocuswright Conference 2020. Read More

Opinion / Online

Why true diversity and inclusion demands a global approach

By Gillian Tans - Booking.com | December 15, 2020

Fighting for equal representation means fighting for the recovery of our industry - and it’s vital for the future of travel. Read More

Interview / Online

Sounding Off: Battle of the "best" in online travel is just getting started

By PhocusWire | December 11, 2020

Let's not, for a moment, dampen the mood that has started creeping into the psyche of leaders in the online travel market in recent weeks. Read More

News / Online

How will Airbnb, Vrbo, Booking.com and others grow their rental inventory?

By Mitra Sorrells | December 9, 2020

Vacation home sales are on the rise, but owners now have considerations beyond just bringing in revenue. Read More

News / Online

VIDEO: Booking Holdings' Glenn Fogel on getting it right for a post-pandemic future

By Kevin May | December 7, 2020

When you're often at the center of the relationship between accommodation providers and consumers, or figuring out how best to connect all the elements together in a trip, being Booking Holdings during... Read More

Opinion / Online

Key questions facing Airbnb ahead of its IPO

By Pierre Becerril - Transparent | December 3, 2020

By redefining traveler expectations and establishing a new type of lodging, Airbnb built the second-most valuable travel company in the world in just a decade. Now, as public market investors consider... Read More

News / Distribution

Booking Holdings boss talks pressure on hotels and the private accommodation trend

By Linda Fox | November 20, 2020

Glenn Fogel discusses how changes in the lodging market could be beneficial to large distributors - meaning hotels could face an uphill battle ahead. Read More

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