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 alt="With U.S. TikTok ban looming, how could travel brands be impacted?"  title="With U.S. TikTok ban looming, how could travel brands be impacted?"
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With U.S. TikTok ban looming, how could travel brands be impacted?
By Morgan Hines | January 16, 2025
Travel brands including Expedia, Booking.com, Airbnb, United Airlines, Hilton, Kayak and more use TikTok as part of their marketing strategies. Read More
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Purple Elephant Ventures raises $4.5M to build travel technology in Africa
By Morgan Hines | January 15, 2025
Purple Elephant Ventures aims to make Africa a leading player in regenerative tourism, focused on creating a travel sector that is sustainable and inclusive through “cutting-edge” technology. Read More
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Kayak's Steve Hafner on strategies for weighing opportunity and risk
By Morgan Hines | December 19, 2024
The Kayak co-founder gambles in his own life but is a bit more careful with business decisions, as he explained on Center Stage at The Phocuswright Conference.  Read More
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PhocusWire's weekly travel tech news briefs: HomeToGo, The Trip Boutique, Oojo and more
By PhocusWire | November 27, 2024
Keep up with all the latest people, product and partner news from around the global travel industry in PhocusWire's weekly roundup. Read More
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Booking.com says it is now in compliance with EU's DMA
By Morgan Hines | November 13, 2024
The company said the compliance update is the result after “months” of back and forth with the European Commission as well as other stakeholders. Read More
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Booking Holdings' connected trip transactions jump 40% year over year in Q3
By Morgan Hines | October 30, 2024
Booking Holdings brought in total revenue of $8 billion, a 9% increase compared to the same quarter last year, with 39% growth in airline tickets sold.  Read More
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Blockskye ready for the long journey to transformation
By Michael B. Baker - BTN | October 4, 2024
With a handful of publicly announced customers, the Kayak for Business Enterprise tool - a collaborative effort of Blockskye and Kayak - is taking a selective approach in bringing on new clients. Read More
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Booking Holdings' new CFO expects connected trip "is really there" in 3 to 5 years
By Morgan Hines | September 10, 2024
Ewout Steenbergen, chief financial officer at Bookings Holdings since March, called out the company's work in alternative accommodations and artificial intelligence and strong demand in Asia as key... Read More
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Skyscanner joins with Travala.com to offer crypto bookings
By Morgan Hines | September 6, 2024
Travala.com has an inventory of more than 2.2 million hotels that can be booked with more than 100 forms of cryptocurrency, which Skyscanner users will now be able to access. Read More
 alt="PhocusWire's weekly travel tech news briefs: Kayak, Southwest Airlines, Sabre and more"  title="PhocusWire's weekly travel tech news briefs: Kayak, Southwest Airlines, Sabre and more"
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PhocusWire's weekly travel tech news briefs: Kayak, Southwest Airlines, Sabre and more
By PhocusWire | August 9, 2024
 Keep up with all the latest people, product and partner news from around the global travel industry in PhocusWire's weekly roundup. Read More
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Booking Holdings touts alternative accommodation growth, success on social media
By Mitra Sorrells | August 1, 2024
Booking Holdings said its alternative accommodation business is growing faster than its overall business and now has 7.8 million listings globally, up about 11% year over year. Read More
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Kayak for Business adds Air APIs, payment tech to enterprise tool
By Michael B. Baker - BTN | July 17, 2024
Kayak for Business has added new features to its Enterprise tool created with its partner Blockskye, a provider of blockchain solutions for travel, and its first customer, PwC. Read More
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Travel Tech hosts D.C. showcase, maintains ancillary fee ruling criticism
By Morgan Hines | May 23, 2024
Overlooking the U.S. Capitol, the Travel Technology Association held its first Policy & Innovation Showcase with Airbnb, Sabre, Booking Holdings and more. Read More
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Steve Hafner on 20 years at Kayak: "The innovation isn't over yet"
By D.J. Catron | May 11, 2024
As the metasearch site passes 20 years since its launch, CEO Steve Hafner shares his views on generative AI, Kayak for Business, the future of metasearch and more.   Read More
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Online travel giants set new record for marketing spend in ‘23
By Mitra Sorrells | March 13, 2024
Expedia Group, Booking Holdings, Airbnb and Trip.com Group collectively spent $16.8 billion on sales and marketing in 2023 as they compete with one another and with suppliers enticing travelers to book... Read More