This week’s Update features stories detailing several new booking platforms and Choice’s new direct billing product. Enjoy....more
Our “vacation edition” of our weekly Online Travel Update is below. Our regular Updates will resume next week. Have a great week everyone....more
8/22/2022
/ Acquisitions ,
AirBnB ,
Airlines ,
Antitrust Investigations ,
Hospitality Industry ,
Hotels ,
Online Travel Vendors ,
Priceline ,
Rewards Programs ,
Startups ,
Subscription Services ,
Travelers ,
Vacation Rentals
This week’s Update features a variety of stories, including updates on CWT and Booking.com. Enjoy....more
It was another slow week in the online travel industry. Following up on our observations from a few weeks ago, we feature a story on banks’ now undeniable interest in travel. We also include a story on payments. This story is...more
The “vacation edition” of our weekly Online Travel Update is below. Our regular Online Travel Update will be back next week....more
This week’s Update features a variety of stories, including updates on Sabre’s attribution sales efforts and the growing importance of Booking.com’s mobile application in the U.S. Enjoy....more
This week’s Update features two stories detailing fintech’s growing influence on online travel. Regular readers of our Update know that we’ve featured a number of fintech and payment related stories this past year, with...more
6/6/2022
/ Airlines ,
Amazon ,
FinTech ,
Hotels ,
MasterCard ,
Mobile Apps ,
Online Travel Vendors ,
Popular ,
Tourism ,
Travelers ,
Wyndham
Last week’s Update continues the theme of providing updates on a few lesser known distribution platforms – this week we feature Latin American distributor, Despegar, and Central and Eastern European distributor, the Szallas...more
Last week’s Update features a variety of stories, including FlightHub’s attempt to resurrect its reputation and US Airways’ latest claims against Sabre. Enjoy....more
Last week was all about loyalty as we saw a number of stories on the new roles that technology and online platforms are playing for hoteliers seeking to update and expand (or even launch) their loyalty programs. We include...more
This week’s Online Travel Update features a variety of stories, including a follow up story on Uber’s ongoing transition from ride hailing app to super app. Enjoy....more
4/25/2022
/ Advertising ,
Airlines ,
Anti-Monopoly ,
Booking.com ,
Capital Raising ,
Car Rentals ,
Expedia ,
Hotels ,
Marketing ,
Mobile Apps ,
Online Travel Vendors ,
Russia ,
Travelers ,
Uber
After a few quiet weeks, last week produced a number of stories that caught our attention and made it into our weekly Update, including two interesting stories on customer reviews. Enjoy....more
4/12/2022
/ AirBnB ,
Airlines ,
Antitrust Investigations ,
Booking.com ,
Carbon Emissions ,
Competition ,
Customer-Loyalty Programs ,
Defamation ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Expedia ,
Google Maps ,
Health Inspections ,
Hospitality Industry ,
Hotels ,
Libel ,
Marketing ,
Online Reviews ,
Online Travel Vendors ,
Restaurant Industry ,
Tortious Interference ,
Travelers ,
Yelp
As the short list of stories below reveals, last week was another quiet week in the online travel world. Enjoy....more
What a week it has been watching the horrible events unfold in Ukraine. Our thoughts and prayers go out to those in Ukraine or with family in Ukraine....more
3/14/2022
/ Acquisitions ,
Airlines ,
Booking.com ,
Expedia ,
Hotels ,
Mobile Apps ,
Online Travel Vendors ,
Partnerships ,
Russia ,
Ryanair ,
Travelers ,
Uber
This week’s Update includes two stories detailed Booking Holdings’ recent earnings release and a surprise story regarding Google’s hotel booking platform. Enjoy....more
This week’s Update leads with an important Data Privacy Update from Eva Novick, the newest member of our firm’s privacy and data security team. If you currently operate a loyalty program (or plan to introduce one soon), I...more
2/21/2022
/ Airlines ,
Amazon ,
Carbon Emissions ,
Climate Change ,
Cruise Ships ,
Customer-Loyalty Programs ,
Data Privacy ,
Expedia ,
Hotels ,
Online Platforms ,
Online Travel Vendors ,
Priceline ,
Travelers
This week’s Update begins with an interesting story detailing how evolving consumer trends of the past few years (e.g., sustainability) are making their way into travel and online travel in particular. Enjoy....more
With the holidays rapidly approaching and the yearend only one week away, it is no surprise that the last week was fairly quiet. The one notable exception, however, was Trip.com, which released its financials on Thursday,...more
This week’s Update features stories about a number of emerging corporate travel startups, all of which expect, in one way or another, to take advantage of expected changes in the post-COVID corporate travel industry. Is it...more
We begin this week’s Update with the announced acquisition of Getaroom by Booking Holdings. Enjoy....more
11/22/2021
/ Acquisitions ,
Airlines ,
Apple ,
Booking.com ,
CEOs ,
Data Privacy ,
Delta Airlines ,
Hotels ,
Initial Public Offering (IPO) ,
Online Travel Vendors ,
Priceline ,
Sales & Distribution Agreements ,
Travelers ,
TripAdvisor
Last week was earnings week for many of the public online travel companies, and we’ve included stories summarizing those releases for several of the largest – Expedia Group, Airbnb, Booking Holdings and Sabre. We’ve also...more
11/15/2021
/ AirBnB ,
Airlines ,
Amazon ,
Booking.com ,
Competition Act ,
Expedia ,
Hospitality Industry ,
Hotels ,
India ,
Online Travel Vendors ,
Ryanair ,
Surcharges ,
Travelers
Skift’s annual Skift Global Forum, which was held this past week, produced a number of newsworthy items for this week’s Update. Enjoy....more
10/4/2021
/ Airlines ,
Customer-Loyalty Programs ,
Expedia ,
Hospitality Industry ,
Hotels ,
Mobile Apps ,
Online Travel Vendors ,
Rental Property ,
Short-Term Loans ,
Subscription Services ,
Travelers ,
TripAdvisor ,
Vacation Rentals
MCR Hotels Trial Runs Attribute Pricing -
(“One of the US's largest hotel owners is charging guests $25 to use the swimming pool and $20 to check in early — but is cutting room prices in return,” August 18, 2021 via...more
9/27/2021
/ Airlines ,
Antitrust Litigation ,
Capital Raising ,
FinTech ,
Hotels ,
Keyword Advertising ,
Online Platforms ,
Online Travel Vendors ,
Rebates ,
Startups ,
Travelers ,
UK
Last week was earnings release week for three of the major online travel platforms – Expedia Group, Booking Holdings and Tripavisor. This week’s Update includes transcripts from the three platforms’ earnings calls as well as...more
9/15/2021
/ Airlines ,
Booking.com ,
Capital Raising ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Expedia ,
Google ,
Hotels ,
Online Travel Vendors ,
Revenue Growth ,
Travelers ,
TripAdvisor ,
Vacation Rentals
This week’s Update features stories on the divergent paths of two of the leading metasearch sites – Kayak and Trivago – and updates on recent efforts by airlines JetBlue and RyanAir to grow their direct bookings. Enjoy....more
9/14/2021
/ AirBnB ,
Airlines ,
Antitrust Litigation ,
Antitrust Violations ,
European Commission ,
Expedia ,
Google ,
Hotels ,
Online Travel Vendors ,
Scams ,
Search Engines ,
Search Results ,
Special Purpose Acquisition Companies (SPACs) ,
Transparency ,
Travelers ,
Trivago