Expedia doesn’t expect long-term effects from suspended travel ban Expedia’s stock was negatively affected the weekend after president Trump’s immigration ban was issued, but the company hasn’t seen any “meaningful” trends resulting from the ban thus far, CEO Dara Khosrowshahi said. Source: Hotel Marketing Expedia doesn’t expect long-term effects from suspended travel ban
How Airbnb stopped playing nice Airbnb had said it wanted to talk candidly with cities, to play by the rules, to be a partner. But in the end, there emerged an unavoidable fact: Airbnb’s Brian Chesky was every bit the warrior Uber’s Travis Kalanick was. Source: Hotel Marketing How Airbnb stopped playing nice
We may have already reached peak “sharing” economy Participation in the “sharing” or “gig” economy was once touted as the future of work in America. But the new data from the JPMorgan Chase Institute suggests that isn’t the case. Source: Hotel Marketing We may have already reached peak “sharing” economy
Google launches Hotel Rich Cards A few months ago, Google launched AMP based hotel listings via carousel in the mobile search results. Now, Brad Brewer who follows these hotel results closely said the normal hotel rich cards are now out – the non AMP version. Source: Hotel Marketing Google launches Hotel Rich Cards