Expedia and Booking Bow to UK Pressure and 9 Other Digital Trends This Week
Skift Take
This week in digital news, two booking sites agree to pull back on "pressure selling" while Expedia still struggles to move beyond its home market. Plus, Airbnb acquires event space booking service Gaest — but the move is unlikely to change the sector much.
Digital Travel News Weekly Roundup
Throughout the week we post dozens of original stories, connecting the dots across the travel industry, and every weekend we sum it all up. This weekend roundup examines digital trends. For all of our weekend roundups, go here.
Expedia and Booking Agree to Changes on Search After UK Investigation: Understandably, Expedia and Booking are both trying to spin this in their favor as much as possible, but it seems like a big win for the UK’s competition regulator. We’ll have to keep an eye on how much it really changes things and whether other countries follow up.
Travel Megatrends 2019: Travel Upselling Gets Smarter Than Ever. Travel companies have long tried to woo their current customers into buying more, but their promotional tactics have tended to be generic and blunt. N
