Dennis Schaal

Skift Take As Booking Holdings resets its investment priorities in the AI era, its business-to-business services, which Expedia has far outpaced, won't likely be high on the list. What's next?

While AirDNA considered operating Uplisting as part of the AirDNA brand, the company decided to retain the Uplifting PMS brand.

Today, in addition to regulation, Google faces a second, and possibly greater risk: competition.

Looming layoffs at Booking Holdings next year would be substantial but not as seismic as the 23% workforce reduction that it announced in 2020.

Airbnb said it narrowed the booking acceptance gap between whites and other racial groups in the U.S. in 2023 compared with 2021.

Skift Take With the deal, Tripadvisor's decisions no longer have to go through Liberty Tripadvisor Holdings. Tripadvisor gets freedom to consider other deals, and gains new flexibility.

Vacasa founder Eric Breon has a new property management startup that in some ways tries to fix the business model he built at Vacasa.

Expedia Group appointed Scott Schenkel, a former interim CEO and chief financial officer at eBay, as its new chief financial officer. He'll be based in Seattle and will start his role at Expedia around February 8.

Latin America's largest online travel company, Despegar, agreed to be acquired by technology firm Prosus for $1.7 billion in cash.

Skift Take Will hotel websites become the dominant distribution channel for hotels by 2030, leaving online travel agencies behind?