Grab Enters Travel Booking and 6 Other Digital Trends This Week
Skift Take
This week in digital news, the Sri Lanka-based app makes its first step into hotel and flight booking, Ctrip gains four more seats on the board of MakeMyTrip, and a homesharing and co-working startup continues to raise millions.
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.
Grab Enters Travel Booking With Hotels Now and Flights Next: In the face of a fast-growing and innovative rival, Grab’s foray into travel, starting with hotels, could give it an edge over archrival Go-Jek, which does not do travel — yet.
China’s Ctrip Will Own Nearly Half of India’s MakeMyTrip After Share Swap: It makes sense that Ctrip, the market leader in China, would be interested in strategically work
