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This Week in Travel: Pricing Probes, Expedia’s Strong Quarter, Southwest’s Distribution Shift and New Loyalty Perks

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Good Sunday morning from Seattle . . . Our Online Travel Update for the week ending Friday, August 8, 2025, is below. For several weeks now, we’ve all seen and read the many headlines regarding American Airlines planned use...more

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Booking.com’s Ongoing Legal Battles, Alibaba’s Travel Restructuring & the Rise of AI in Hotel Visibility

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Good Saturday evening from Seattle . . . Our Online Travel Update for the week ending Friday, June 27, 2025, is below. This week’s Update features news of yet another claim being brought against Booking.com over its...more

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Travel Trends Under the Spotlight: Google, Booking, and Loyalty Programs

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Good Sunday morning from Seattle . . . Our Online Travel Update for the week ending Friday, December 13, 2024, is below. Google and its “efforts” to comply with the DMA again garnered most of the industry’s attention. As I...more

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This week’s Online Travel Update: Amazon’s Prime Day travel offerings, Kayak’s new business booking features, and a record fine...

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Good Sunday morning from Seattle... Our weekly Online Travel Update for the week ending Friday, July 19, 2024, is below. This week’s Update features a variety of stories, including news on the latest fines to be levied on...more

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Weekly Travel Update: Marriott's New SMB Platform, Expedia's Co-Branded Cards, and Amazon's Prime Day Travel Deals

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Good Sunday morning from Seattle . . . Our weekly Online Travel Update for the week ending Friday, July 12, 2024, is below. Marriott and its launch of a new small and medium sized business travel platform garnered most of the...more

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Online Travel Update: OTAs’ Loyalty Ambitions Continue to Evolve

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Our weekly Online Travel Update for the week ending January 13, 2023, is below. This week’s Update features an interesting update on OTAs’ current loyalty programs and future ambitions and the recent (somewhat concerning)...more

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Online Travel Update: Why Banks’ Growing Interest in Travel?

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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

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Online Travel Update: Do We Really Need Digital Hotels?

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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

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Online Travel Update: Booking.com Adds Loyalty Program Benefits; Yelp Makes News on Two Fronts; and Major OTAs Spend More Billions...

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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

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OTA & Travel Distribution Update: Regulation of large online platforms is coming to Japan; And you thought net rates were dead;...

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Regulation of Large Online Platforms is Coming to Japan - ("Online platforms may face stricter rules, enforcement in Japan, panel says, MLex, November 5, 2018) Following up on a story (and prediction) included in last...more

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Navigating Disruptive Climates Hosted by Washington Hospitality Association

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Navigating Disruptive Climates, hosted by Washington Hospitality Association, was held on October 22-24, 2017 at the Tulalip Resort Casino in Tulalip, Washington. My presentation at the conference, "The War Rages: Hotels vs....more

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OTA & Travel Distribution Update - June 30th, 2017

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Our weekly OTA & Travel Distribution Update for the week ending June 30, 2017 is below. A mix of stories in this week’s update. Airbnb Continues Its March Toward Mainstream Lodging (SHORT-TERM RENTALS) ("Airbnb signs...more

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