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Articles tagged “booking holdings”

News Blog

Kayak and OpenTable Laid Off 80 Employees

Kayak and OpenTable, two Booking Holdings brands, laid off 80 employees, Skift has learned. A screen grab from Kayak's Sorry, Winston commercial. Source: Kayak A spokesperson said that was less than 5% of their workforce. "Like many other companies, we needed to make some difficult staffing changes as we sharpen our priorities," the spokesperson said.…

Dennis Schaal | 1 month ago

Online Travel

Exclusive: Hopper Terminates Booking.com Partnership in Preemptive Strike

Hopper is in a much deeper state of hurt than it is letting on. It has a trimmed down vision to focus on direct hotel relationships after two of the biggest online travel agencies in the world departed as partners.

Dennis Schaal | 2 months ago

Exclusive: Hopper Terminates Booking.com Partnership in Preemptive Strike

Online Travel

Booking Holdings CEO Glenn Fogel: eTraveli Acquisition, Prices — Full Video

Despite his frustration with the European Commission blocking Booking Holdings' deal with the eTraveli Group, Glenn Fogel maintains his company will still build out its flight business. Watch him address that and more during his recent appearance at Skift Global Forum.

Rashaad Jorden | 2 months ago

Booking Holdings CEO Glenn Fogel: eTraveli Acquisition, Prices — Full Video

Online Travel

After Booking Deal Went Bust, Etraveli CEO Says Price ‘No Longer in Play’

Booking.com's appeal of the adverse European Commission decision on its merger with eTraveli Group will take years to play out. If self-styled "bigger fish" eTraveli is still around for the taking, it would cost considerably more.

Dennis Schaal | 2 months ago

After Booking Deal Went Bust, Etraveli CEO Says Price ‘No Longer in Play’

Online Travel

Booking To Appeal EU Commission’s Veto Over eTraveli deal

This move follows after Booking sent a confidential memo to the authorities challenging their decision, and laying out details for why the company thinks the commission's arguments are flawed.

Foo Yun Chee, Reuters | 2 months ago

Booking To Appeal EU Commission’s Veto Over eTraveli deal

Online Travel

Booking Sends European Commission Memo to Fight For eTraveli Deal

This is might be called Booking Holdings statement of objections to the EC’s statement of objections to the eTraveli deal. This dust-up is heading for the courts.

Dennis Schaal | 2 months ago

Booking Sends European Commission Memo to Fight For eTraveli Deal

Travel Technology

Airbnb, Uber, Hilton: How Travel CEOs Think About AI

There's been a lot of buzz about AI in travel, so we're going to ask CEOs about it on stage for everyone to see.

Justin Dawes | 3 months ago

Airbnb, Uber, Hilton: How Travel CEOs Think About AI

Business Travel

Kayak Tries a Corporate Travel Side Hustle for Big Businesses

The American Express GBTs of the world won't lose sleep over this. But Kayak's effort should be a wake-up call to the sector. Technologies like blockchain may be seeding more competition at last.

Sean O'Neill | 3 months ago

Kayak Tries a Corporate Travel Side Hustle for Big Businesses

Short-Term Rentals

Airbnb vs. Vrbo: Pitting the Largest Short-Term Rental Platforms Against Each Other

Everything you'd want to know about the two largest short-term rental online travel agents (OTAs) in a 20-chart factbook.

Wouter Geerts | 3 months ago

Airbnb vs. Vrbo: Pitting the Largest Short-Term Rental Platforms Against Each Other

Short-Term Rentals

NYC Short-Term Rental Enforcer to Provide Early Reprieve From New Registration Rules

Platforms and hosts will get some breathing room from the city in the early days after the registration rules kick in. There are enough moving parts to keep most of the fines at bay in the short term.

Dennis Schaal | 3 months ago

NYC Short-Term Rental Enforcer to Provide Early Reprieve From New Registration Rules