OTAs gear up for fresh competition - Booking.com and Expedia are likely to start seeing more competition in future from upcoming China-based group Trip.com.

Feb 26, 2024 • Hospitality

Booking.com hit with $530 million fine from Spanish regulators - The Spanish National Markets and Competition Commission found that Booking.com infringed on competition law in that country.

Feb 23, 2024 • Hospitality

Booking Holdings beats Q4 profit estimates on Asia demand recovery - The OTA said room night bookings in the United States was flat in the fourth quarter, compared to Asia growth in the mid-teens.

Feb 23, 2024 • Hospitality

Trip.com reports strong Q4 - The Chinese OTA beats earnings expectations on higher China hotel bookings and the post-pandemic recovery in air travel.

Feb 22, 2024 • Hospitality

Expedia taps company veterans to lead newly formed operating divisions - Following the succession from Peter Kern to Ariane Gorin, Expedia Group taps two long-time Expedia veterans to lead newly formed operating divisions.

Feb 22, 2024 • Hospitality

Sabre signals strong growth - Growth in GDS industry bookings and strong performance in Hospitality Solutions highlighted for Q4 and the full year of 2023.

Feb 16, 2024 • Hospitality

Sleap.io, the blockchain-based hotel booking platform - The startup uses the capabilities of web3 and blockchain to reimagine the hotel booking process to offer travelers a seamless, secure and personalized platform.

Feb 15, 2024 • Hospitality

Airbnb signals ‘reinvention’ beyond core business - The company says it spent the past three years perfecting its core business, and is now ready to expand beyond its core business and reinvent Airbnb.

Feb 14, 2024 • Hospitality