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Travel Booking News

Essential news about Expedia, Booking.com, TripAdvisor, and the leading online travel brands. Our editors and journalists bring readers breaking news and exclusive reports from the sector.

Tour Operators

Travel Brands Woo Customers with Bucket List Sports Events

Digital ticketing solutions for tours and attractions are seeing sports events emerge as a winning category for customer engagement as travelers continue to plan around bucket-list events.

Selene Brophy | 6 months ago

Travel Booking

New Forecast for Travel to U.S.: ‘Significantly Upgraded’

While normalization of U.S. domestic leisure travel demand was expected, it is the increase in inbound international travel that has the U.S. Travel Association excited.

Jess Wade, Skift | 6 months ago

Travel Agents

India Daily: Cleartrip Rebuilds Booking Tool for Travel Agents

As new distribution capabilities and alternative strategies emerge, travel agents' traditional reliance on global distribution systems for selling tickets is changing.

Amrita Ghosh | 7 months ago

Tour Operators

Hotels.com’s Giant Hand-Painted Mural Points to a Return to the Billboard for Travel Brands

Consumers are inundated with advertising noise. As a result, travel brands are exploring alternatives to grab attention.

Selene Brophy | 7 months ago

Travel Booking

India Daily: 51 Percent of Travelers Face Booking Scams

There’s perhaps more opportunity than ever for cybercriminals to take advantage of consumers who are increasingly getting lured in by deals that are literally too good to be true.

Amrita Ghosh | 7 months ago

Online Travel

Rising Prices See Travelers Changing Summer Travel Plans: Survey

Survey data for summer travel plans and bookings suggest the so-called revenge spending from savings during the pandemic might be waning, as consumers are less keen to indulge themselves with extravagant vacations.

Selene Brophy | 8 months ago

Travel Booking

Travelzoo Looks to Licensing Agreements in Additional Geographies

Travelzoo is looking to maintain fixed costs at a relatively low level as it pursues increasing the brand's presence in regional markets in Asia Pacific and elsewhere through licensing deals.

Andres Buenahora, Skift | 8 months ago

Travel Booking

Hilton’s Ambitions for a Hotel-Apartment Hybrid

Today's edition of Skift's daily podcast looks closer at Hilton's expansion beyond luxury hotel chains, the future of travel spending globally, and how the hybrid work model is impacting the tourism and economic sectors of major cities

Andres Buenahora | 8 months ago

Travel Booking

Business Travel Recovering in Some Markets Faster Than Others

Everyone wants to know when business travel spending will recover to pre-pandemic levels. Signs are it'll be 2026, though some markets may recover faster, such as India, Britain, the U.S., and Australia.

Andres Buenahora, Skift | 8 months ago

News Blog

IDEAS: Live Nation Enters Travel Industry With Music-Led Experiences

Live Nation is bringing to market Vibee, a music-led experience and travel offering. Source: Live Nation/Vibee Touted as a ‘music-led destination experience company’, Vibee aims to offer traveler’s and music fans alike the chance to immerse themselves in different musical genres while exploring some of the world’s most exciting destinations via three core areas: curated experiences,…

Adam Stacey | 8 months ago