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Online travel giants “step on the gas” for marketing spend in Q1
By D.J. Catron
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May 30, 2024
Expedia Group, Booking Holdings, Airbnb and Trip.com Group spent a combined $4.08 billion on sales and marketing in the first quarter, building on 2023’s record year.
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Seasonality helps Trip.com Group drive Q1 revenue
By Linda Fox
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May 21, 2024
Revenue from accommodation reservations increased 29% to $623 million while transportation ticketing revenue was up 20% to $692 million.
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Despegar reports Q1 gains, AI enhancements
By Linda Fox
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May 17, 2024
The company said its Sofia AI assistant now includes hotel recommendations and enables users to search by city and dates as well as budget and key amenities.
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HomeToGo booking revenue hits "all-time high" in Q1
By Linda Fox
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May 14, 2024
The company said growth in Q1 was partly related to the consolidation of HomeToGo’s recent acquisitions of short-break specialists KMW Reisen and Super Urlaub.
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Earnings roundup: Amex GBT, Uber and Lyft
By Mitra Sorrells
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May 9, 2024
As publicly traded travel companies continue to report their earnings for the first quarter of this year, we round up the latest reports.
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Vacasa announces layoffs to 13% of workforce
By D.J. Catron
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May 9, 2024
The vacation rental management company laid off 13% of its workforce as it seeks to reorganize operations following a Q1 that saw gross booking value drop 18% year over year.
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Airbnb's Chesky says homes will be just one of “many categories” in its future “solar system”
By Mitra Sorrells
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May 8, 2024
Along with details about longer term growth plans, Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky shared details of the company's Q1 growth, including a 60% increase year over year in app downloads in the United States.
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Tripadvisor is not for sale - at least not for now
By Morgan Hines
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May 8, 2024
Tripadvisor announced it is not selling amid first quarter earnings results that included revenue of $395 million, reflecting year-over-year growth of 6%.
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Amadeus reports "solid start" to 2024
By Linda Fox
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May 8, 2024
Group revenue for the Madrid-based business rose to €1.5 billion, a 14% increase versus the same quarter in 2023.
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Incoming Expedia Group CEO Ariane Gorin emphasizes AI, personalization
By Morgan Hines
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May 2, 2024
Ariane Gorin shared her plans as the incoming CEO of Expedia Group while the company reported earnings, tempering booking expectations for 2024.
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Booking Holdings beats earnings expectations, talks up AI potential
By D.J. Catron
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May 2, 2024
First quarter revenues of $4.4 billion represented a 17% increase over the same period last year, and net income of $776 million was nearly three times higher than Q1 in 2023.
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Sabre says growth strategy beginning to pay off
By Linda Fox
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May 2, 2024
Sabre president and CEO Kurt Ekert said margin expansion for the distribution company was driven by revenue growth, efficiency improvements and progress on its technology transformation.
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Trivago claims early success of brand marketing switch
By Linda Fox
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May 1, 2024
Trivago reported a net loss for the quarter of €8.4 million compared with net profit of €9.9 million for Q1 2023.
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A visual history of digital travel brands’ revenues since 1995
By Mitra Sorrells
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April 9, 2024
Watch a visual progression of the quarterly revenues for publicly-traded digital travel companies dating back to 1995.
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Sonder faces potential class action and gets “deficiency notification” from Nasdaq
By Mitra Sorrells
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April 8, 2024
The Rosen Law Firm announced Sunday it is preparing a class action investigation into allegations Sonder may have “issued materially misleading business information to the investing public.”
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