Google-Sabre Deal Lets Travel Agents Check Carbon Emissions for Flights
Accessing carbon emissions data for flights will one day be standard fare across the travel industry. These implementations are a sign of more to come.
Dennis Schaal is Skift’s Founding Editor and Executive Editor. Dennis has been a reporter focusing on online travel and short-term rentals for more than two decades at Skift, Tnooz, USA Today, and Travel Weekly. He is well-known for tough one-on-one interviews on stage at Skift events, including with the CEOs and top execs of Expedia, Uber, Booking Holdings, Priceline, Kayak, Hopper, and more.
Booking’s Very Expensive Marketing Piece of the Pie
Travel bargain hunters are a fickle bunch, visiting more than two dozen websites on average before they book. Booking.com and its rivals spend billions annually to woo those travelers who wouldn't otherwise click over to their platforms.
Google and Tripadvisor Could Be Edging Toward a New Partnership After All These Years
Frenemy relationships have a storied history in the push and pull of the travel industry. Tripadvisor's relationship with Google seems to have improved, and there are probably several areas where they might collaborate further.
Property Manager AvantStay Lays Off 10% of Staff, Third Round of Job Cuts in a Year
Early in the pandemic, a bunch of property managers handling multi-family buildings went out of business. Many vacation rental property managers have recently faced a softer reckoning, but an inflection point nonetheless.
Airbnb Lawsuit Against NYC: A Solitary Effort That Got Results, For Now
Sometimes a lawsuit can serve as a proverbial big stick.
Google and Booking Face European Objections Over Competition
Google faces a tougher hill to climb than Booking, although the European Commission's statement of objections puts Booking's Etraveli acquisition in doubt.
CheapOair Offers Savings Accounts for Trips as an Alternative to Going Into Debt
Save Now, Buy Later may contribute more to traveler well-being than having to worry about the bills later from a trip that you really couldn't afford. Anyway, it's a novel way in travel to market vacations.
Navan Moves Beyond Its Own Smart Card in Link-Up With Visa and Mastercard
Navan, the corporate travel agency previously called TripActions, rolled out a feature that enables companies to retain the benefits of their Visa and Mastercard corporate cards and still gain access…
The Case for Expedia Narrowing the Profit Gap With Booking Holdings
In some ways, Expedia Group's potential narrowing of the take rate gap with Booking Holdings has a lot to do with Booking's strategic decisions — pushing more into the U.S. and expanding its lower-margin flights business.
Google, Lufthansa and EU Team Up to Measure Climate Impact of Flights
Calculating the actual environmental impact of flights has been an immature art. Getting real data from Lufthansa should advance the effort.