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Hotels

Europe’s Independent Hotels Lag U.S. Brands on Google Hotels: New Skift Research

Smaller independent hotels in Europe, lacking the marketing budgets and tech capabilities of branded counterparts in the U.S., are more inclined to rely on online travel agencies for distribution rather than their own sites.

Pranavi Agarwal | 2 weeks ago

Short-Term Rentals

Airbnb, Booking, Expedia to Share Data With the UK Government

Data is precious, but accurate data straight from the source is trustworthy and actionable.

Srividya Kalyanaraman | 2 weeks ago

Online Travel

Despegar Sees Brazil Gains After Alleged Airline Ticket Ponzi Scheme Goes Bust

Brazil is a huge market, as are airline tickets, for Despegar. A rival with an alleged Ponzi scheme for selling airline tickets wasn't really fair competition.

Dennis Schaal | 2 weeks ago

Online Travel

Expedia CEO: After a Year of ‘Surgery,’ We Can Focus on Growth

It's show time for Expedia Group. After three years of getting its house in order completed, now it has to perform.

Dennis Schaal | 3 weeks ago

Short-Term Rentals

Vrbo Kicked Out ‘A Large Number’ of Hosts for Cancelling Guest Bookings

When online travel agencies trot out statistics on their numbers of properties, is it a vanity thing or something more strategic? If you take Vrbo at its word, it's going for quality over quantity.

Dennis Schaal | 1 month ago

Online Travel

Former Expedia Exec Says Google Increased Ad Costs for Little Return in Antitrust Trial

Google has been fined billions of dollars in the European Union for similar practices that are allegedly happening in the U.S.

Justin Dawes | 1 month ago

Hotels

Google Reshapes Hotel Distribution: 3 Key Insights

Google is constantly tweaking its hotels platform and we see its latest iteration contributing directly to the democratization of the online travel industry.

Pranavi Agarwal | 1 month ago

Hotels

Google Unveiled: A Web-Scraping Analysis of U.S. Hotel Distribution – New Skift Research

We web scraped 5,000 hotels across Google to understand the current state of the wider distribution landscape. We found that Google's actions are allowing small OTAs, new entrants and direct sites to compete head-on with the legacy players. Could this mean the end of the duopolistic power long-held by Booking and Expedia?

Pranavi Agarwal | 1 month ago

Hotels

Choice’s Hostile Takeover Bid for Wyndham

Today's podcast examines Choice's bid to acquire Wyndham, Expedia's recent round of layoffs, and United Airlines' third quarter earnings.

Dawit Habtemariam | 1 month ago

Online Travel

Major Review Platforms Form Coalition to Fight Fakes

The lack of liability for online platforms in hosting user reviews has been under intense political pressure. The proliferation of fake reviews doesn't help, either.

Dennis Schaal | 1 month ago