Articles tagged “alternative accommodations”

Short-Term Rentals

Booking Focuses on U.S. Short-Term Rental Growth While Airbnb Looks Abroad

Booking.com and Airbnb are raiding each other's territories. With their different roots, Booking.com needs to grow short-term rentals in the U.S. while Airbnb seeks to expand in Europe and elsewhere internationally.

Dennis Schaal | 3 weeks ago

Booking Focuses on U.S. Short-Term Rental Growth While Airbnb Looks Abroad

Online Travel

Booking vs. Google in Travel AI

No one truly knows how generative AI will shake up the travel industry. Will Google stick with advertising instead of booking? Meanwhile, Booking feels it has advantages as a booking site.

Dennis Schaal | 3 weeks ago

Booking vs. Google in Travel AI

Short-Term Rentals

Airbnb and Booking Set to Benefit From EU Agreement on Short-Term Rentals

Establishing uniform short-term rental rules across the European Union would be a major step forward for the sector. Local opponents would not greet the news enthusiastically.

Foo Yun Chee , Reuters | 2 months ago

Airbnb and Booking Set to Benefit From EU Agreement on Short-Term Rentals

News Blog

Booking Holdings Is Compensating Hosts and Partners for Payments Failure

The problem surfaced in late Summer — Booking.com's short-term rental hosts in Europe, Asia-Pacific and Latin America cited financial hardships because the company wasn't paying them for guest stays. A condo hotel that was listed on Booking.com. Source: Booking.com CEO Glenn Fogel told financial analysts last week during Booking Holdings' third quarter earnings call that…

Dennis Schaal | 2 months ago

Online Travel

How Indians are Traveling During the Festive Season: India Report

Indians are increasingly prioritizing travel experiences and the long holiday during the festive season is incentive enough to satiate that wanderlust.

Peden Doma Bhutia | 2 months ago

How Indians are Traveling During the Festive Season: India Report

Online Travel

MakeMyTrip Enters Car Rental Business with Savaari Acquisition

Acquiring a car rental services company is a significant step towards MakeMyTrip's travel superapp ambitions. After all, seamless connectivity is a priority for both domestic and international travelers.

Peden Doma Bhutia | 2 months ago

MakeMyTrip Enters Car Rental Business with Savaari Acquisition

Online Travel

Booking.com Highlights its Short-Term Rental Strategy in India

Investing in the country's alternative accommodations is a timely bet, especially with the pandemic speeding up the adoption of this segment.

Amrita Ghosh | 4 months ago

Booking.com Highlights its Short-Term Rental Strategy in India

Online Travel

Has Expedia Blunted Booking’s U.S. Market Share Gains?

There can be an ebb and flow to market share tussles. If Expedia Group indeed grew faster than Booking in the U.S. while Expedia has been distracted by a loyalty program launch and a tech platform migration, then additional gains could be in the offing in 2024, as well.

Dennis Schaal | 5 months ago

Has Expedia Blunted Booking’s U.S. Market Share Gains?

Tourism

Skift India Report: Tourists in France Can Now Make UPI Payments in Rupees

While India has much reason to cheer over UPI transactions in Paris, it must wait and watch to get more clarity on the cost of the transfer as the adoption accelerates.

Amrita Ghosh | 5 months ago

Skift India Report: Tourists in France Can Now Make UPI Payments in Rupees

Online Travel

Tripadvisor Reorganizes Operations Management to Address Its Lagging Core Business

Tripadvisor sees its future as providing differentiated trip-planning, in-destination tools and personalized recommendations for travelers. That isn't wholly different from that of its prior regime, and would be tough to achieve.

Dennis Schaal | 11 months ago

Tripadvisor Reorganizes Operations Management to Address Its Lagging Core Business