How technology and data are redefining hotel distribution - Maintaining an offline distribution network can be costly and time-consuming and often requires substantial discounts and incentives to intermediaries.

Sep 20, 2024 • Hospitality

Booking.com suffers legal defeat in EU over best price clauses - The OTA suffered a defeat on Thursday with its former best-price clauses before the EU's top court, the European Court of Justice (ECJ).

Sep 20, 2024 • Hospitality

Hotel Engine reaches a $2.1 billion valuation, rebrands as Engine - The company secured $140 million in Series C funding, raising its valuation from $1.3 billion to $2.1 billion.

Sep 19, 2024 • Hospitality

Booking.com outpaces Airbnb in short-term rental growth - Booking Holdings' short-term rental segment is growing faster than Airbnb's, and the OTA is focused on maintaining that growth.

Sep 19, 2024 • Hospitality

Airbnb's future is not just about travel - At the 2024 Skift Global Forum in New York, the company's CEO said that he hopes to eventually expand beyond just short-term rentals and even travel.

Sep 19, 2024 • Hospitality

Hotels not dependent on platforms, says Booking.com - Booking.com's latest PR initiative tries to make the case that while concerns about companies becoming dependent on certain platforms may be valid, hotel distribution is certainly not.

Sep 17, 2024 • Hospitality

Expedia offers curated trip recommendations - The OTA is launching a feature in its iOS app called Travel Shops where creators can share and save their travel recommendations.

Sep 17, 2024 • Hospitality

The consumer has changed, distribution has changed - Accor has discontinued the global distribution of static rates and now works exclusively with four online distributors - Expedia, Infinite, Webbeds and Hotelbeds - through direct connections.

Sep 17, 2024 • Hospitality