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VIDEO: Gillian Tans of Booking.com on diversity and leadership in travel

By PhocusWire | September 23, 2020

The Booking.com chairwoman discusses her career path at the business and the challenges the industry needs to address as it faces up to its responsibility to be inclusive and diverse, both to staff and... Read More

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Booking.com introduces longer-stay rates

By Christina Jelski - Travel Weekly | September 22, 2020

The move is largely designed to bolster Booking.com's homes and apartments business, which has accounted for a growing share of the brand's bookings mid-pandemic. Read More

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Thomas Cook attempts a comeback, under new ownership and online-only

By Kevin May | September 15, 2020

Thomas Cook will be a digital-only operation, operating as ThomasCook.com, with an emphasis on build-your-own packages to popular destinations around Europe. Read More

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How hotels can work alongside Google in the post-pandemic era, part two

By Max Starkov | September 10, 2020

In the second part of this analysis, we look at how hotels can implement a post-crisis Google strategy. Read More

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How hotels can work alongside Google in the post-pandemic era, part one

By Max Starkov | September 7, 2020

Despite the COVID-led crisis in the industry, hotel marketers cannot ignore Google in the same manner as they could not have done so over any of the previous 20 years. Read More

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How diversity in travel can move from ideas on paper to leadership action

By Linda Fox | September 3, 2020

During the Diversity in Leadership panel at Phocuswright Europe, diversity and inclusion experts advised companies on how to create a balanced workforce. Read More

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Can travel become less dependent on Google in a post-pandemic world?

By Mario Gavira | September 1, 2020

Travel marketers may want to use this time to reinvent their strategies to avoid falling once again under the iron grip of Google. Read More

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With budgets slashed, travel marketers use media mindset to drive engagement

By Mitra Sorrells | August 26, 2020

Travel brands are creating more content to drive both direct and organic traffic. Read More

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Booking Holdings feels "full impact" of coronavirus as gross bookings plunge 91% in Q2 2020

By Jill Menze | August 6, 2020

CEO Glenn Fogel believes it will be years and not quarters before the travel market returns to pre-COVID dollars. Read More

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Booking.com cuts workforce by a quarter as pandemic bites

By Kevin May | August 4, 2020

Almost 4,500 employees working for Booking.com are being laid off. Details about who and where will be figured out in the coming weeks. Read More

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Booking.com creates rebooking incentive with money back for travelers, waived commission for suppliers

By Mitra Sorrells | July 20, 2020

Booking.com’s new travel incentive gives customers a 15% reward if they rebook stays they had canceled. Read More

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How investors are taking the long view on opportunities in short-term rentals

By Linda Fox | July 15, 2020

Private accommodation has been hard hit by the pandemic, leading some in the investment community to ask whether the size of the opportunity will be as great when the travel industry recovers. Read More

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WATCH: Visualization of the early hit on digital travel revenues from coronavirus

By PhocusWire | July 8, 2020

The first signs of how much impact the crisis has hit the revenues of publicly traded companies became apparent when they released their first quarter earnings reports. Read More

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Booking.com wins brand name trademark case

By Kevin May | July 1, 2020

The travel giant had been refused a trademark of its flagship brand by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, which claimed the term was "generic for the services at issue and is therefore... Read More

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Should national tourism portals be part of travel's recovery plan?

By Linda Fox | June 8, 2020

Many attempts to provide national tourism portals have fallen short in the past, some still believe they can succeed. Read More

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