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Why Europe is a microcosm of wider trends in online travel

By PhocusWire | May 7, 2019

Three broad trends illustrate the prowess of the region in the current online travel scene - but, equally, demonstrate how fragile the growth of the sector can be when one particular brand or market... Read More

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Booking.com opts for partner route to expand tours and activities

By Kevin May | May 6, 2019

A year after buying FareHarbor to spearhead its move into tours and activities, Booking.com is adopting an additional approach and working directly with rival software vendors. Read More

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Booking Holdings boosts restaurant arm with acquisition of Venga

By Linda Fox | May 2, 2019

Venga, a guest management platform for restaurants and other businesses, will be aligned with the Booking Holdings-owned OpenTable brand. Read More

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Hotel cancelation rate at 40% as online travel agencies push free change policy

By Kevin May | April 23, 2019

Key findings from a major study carried out by D-Edge, the Accor-owned hotel technology group that includes the AvailPro and FastBooking platforms. Read More

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Booking.com speaks out on its private accommodation ambitions

By Jill Menze | April 9, 2019

Amid its ongoing rivalry with Airbnb, Booking.com explains how it hopes to differentiate its alternative accommodations product. Read More

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Google pushes further into private accommodations, rolls out vacation rentals search worldwide

By Mitra Sorrells | March 26, 2019

Google is adding vacation rental listings from the likes of Expedia Group and TripAdvisor to its Hotel Search platform. Read More

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Online travel agency giants spent $10.6B on marketing in 2018 (but look closer)

By Kevin May | March 14, 2019

The $10 billion-plus level of combined marketing between the pair masks a dramatic slowing down of activity compared to previous annual increases. Read More

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My Method... Booking.com's marketing director on its new brand advertising strategy

By Mitra Sorrells | March 14, 2019

Booking.com's U.S. regional marketing director breaks down the thinking behind the OTA's new brand advertising campaign. Read More

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Home is where the growth is as Booking.com invests in brand and tech

By Linda Fox | March 13, 2019

Booking Holdings CEO Glenn Fogel on growth in alternative accommodation and brand awareness. Read More

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Booking.com pivots BookingSuite into a hotel tech app store

By Kevin May | March 6, 2019

The BookingSuite App Store is a collection of currently 45 different services provided by software companies in the industry that cover a range of tools to help hoteliers with their day-to-day... Read More

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Booking Holdings breaks down private accommodation revenues for first time, now at 20% of total

By Mitra Sorrells | February 27, 2019

As part of its fourth quarter and full-year 2018 financial report, Booking Holdings is disclosing details on Booking.com's alternative accommodations business, which now accounts for 20% of the... Read More

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Home-sharing is ready to write its second chapter

By Christina Jelski - Travel Weekly | February 18, 2019

Startups are mounting fresh challenges to both traditional hotels, whose forays into the home-rental space have met with mixed results, and to a maturing Airbnb, which is showing signs of evolving its... Read More

Opinion / Technology

Distributed ledger technology can bring rate parity to hotel distribution

By Nadim El Manawy - Arise Travel | February 15, 2019

We ask if distribution technology in use today has been designed with goals that are out of alignment with hotelier’s best interests Read More

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Online travel agencies under spotlight from regulators and academics over hotel strategies

By Kevin May | February 6, 2019

Booking.com and Expedia agree to cooperate with a set of guidelines regarding the portrayal of discounts, availability and influence of commissions on rankings. Read More

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Four key developments keeping the U.S. OTA market exciting

By Phocuswright Research | February 4, 2019

Phocuswright's recent travel research identifies four key developments that make the U.S. online travel agency market an exciting one to watch in 2019. Read More

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