Google and Trivago Are Still Selling Ads for Russia Hotels
Photo Credit: The Four Seasons Hotel Moscow. Google continues to sell ads in Russia despite its Ukraine invasion. Four Seasons
Skift Take
Google Travel turned off Russia advertisers, but is still getting a limited amount of advertising for Russia travel from ad partners outside Russia. In contrast, Skyscanner and Kayak don't display any information about Russia travel.
While Kayak and Tripadvisor have stopped selling advertising for Russia hotels, Google and Trivago are still doing some business there, although in muted form.
A Skift search of Google.com for Moscow hotels March 15-17 found none of the usual ads above the free listings. However, if you clicked a free link on Google for the Radisson Slavyanskaya Hotel and Business Center in Moscow, then Google Travel displays a "great deal" for $25, which is "26 percent less than usual," and there's a link to the official hotel website, as well as an advertisement from ZenHotels.
[Update: Google has closed down all advertising from Russia advertisers in Russia regardless of industry. However, Google Travel is still
