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Tourism
TikTok has become an influential force in travel discovery. Selling travel more directly would make it formidable.
Dawit Habtemariam | 2 months ago
Short-Term Rentals
To verify 7.7 million listings, as untold numbers are constantly dropping off and new ones are added in more than 220 countries, is a daunting task. By its nature, this will be an imperfect process.
Dennis Schaal | 2 months ago
Online Travel
In theory, Tripadvisor going private might give the reviews site the space to regain its balance outside the glare of quarterly reports.
Sean O'Neill | 2 months ago
MakeMyTrip's record-breaking quarter is a significant addition to the unfolding narrative of India's travel landscape.
Peden Doma Bhutia | 3 months ago
Hotels
Hotels aren't doing enough to keep their wholesale rates off of smaller retail travel sites. That is damaging to Expedia's effort to gather the best prices online.
Sean O'Neill | 3 months ago
Airbnb's new Housing Council is designed to help it enhance its posture during regulatory battles, and to engage with communities as a better corporate citizen.
Dennis Schaal | 3 months ago
Tour Operators
Don't get too excited. Today's Thomas Cook, operated by Fosun, is a shell of its former self.
Reuters | 3 months ago
Consolidation is coming to all aspects of the short-term rental sector.
Srividya Kalyanaraman | 3 months ago
Bernstein emphasizes a non-standard measure, customer growth rather than room night growth, to assess Airbnb versus rivals. That's because Airbnb has more multi-bedroom properties than it did pre-Covid. That's out-of-the-box thinking.
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