Trends to watch in global hotel distribution - The hotel distribution landscape is facing potential transformation, driven in part by the entry of fintech and big banks.

Jun 7, 2023 • Hospitality

OTAs Q1 marketing spending shows wide variance - Along with spending a far smaller percentage of its revenue on marketing, Airbnb called out different strategic goals than both Booking.com and Expedia.

Jun 7, 2023 • Hospitality

Expedia poised to take flight with generative AI - CTO Rathi Murthy sees the OTA’s vast troves of data and AI expertise fueling a two-pronged transformation strategy.

Jun 5, 2023 • Hospitality

More travelers valuing skills, knowledge of travel advisors - Business is booming, and travel advisors continue to be a vital part of the travel industry.

Jun 2, 2023 • Hospitality

KAYAK launches "Best Time to Travel" tool - The tool incorporates predictive data from the company's billions of travel queries to forecast future flight and hotel prices.

Jun 2, 2023 • Hospitality

KAYAK promotes new tagline “Go see for yourself” - The travel search engine kicks off its first major marketing campaign since the pandemic across Meta and YouTube.

Jun 1, 2023 • Hospitality

GetYourGuide books $194M with travel experiences back in business - The round values GetYourGuide at $2 billion - double the startup’s valuation compared to its previous round.

Jun 1, 2023 • Hospitality

Expedia CEO calls out rival Agoda - OTAs aren’t supposed to undercut the rates posted on official hotel websites - but Agoda does it everyday with the help of non-public rates provided by hotels.

May 31, 2023 • Hospitality