HomeToGo Accelerated Its Direct Bookings in the Second Quarter
HomeToGo is among a bevy of newly public companies that vow to get to a semblance of profitability in 2023. They are tired of seeing their share prices pummeled.
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.
Frontdesk Plays Its Own Cards in the Shadow of Vacasa and Sonder
Whether it is major online travel agencies selecting focus markets, or under-the-radar property managers like Frontdesk deciding to target second-tier cities, companies always have to strategically pick their spots. Sometimes there can be riches in the hinterlands.
Airbnb Boosts Marketing Advantage Over Rivals in 2nd Quarter
Booking Holdings and Expedia are changing their marketing strategies, a healthy development. Meanwhile, Airbnb widened its marketing edge.
Short-Term Rental Firm CorpHousing Group Is Slated to Do an IPO Friday
CorpHousing Group, which provides short-term rentals under the SoBeNY consumer brand, was slated to see its shares begin trading Friday on the Nasdaq Capital Market.
Sonder Announces a Stock Option Exchange Plan to Retain Employees
How would you like to be a Sonder exec boasting that your free cash flow margin improved from negative 127 percent a year ago to negative 37 percent in the second quarter? Well, that's one measure of progress.
Analysis: Vacasa Has a Growth Story Neatly Tailored to Wall Street Sensibilities
Vacasa is adding homes to manage in 2022 at half the pace of 2021 in the name of profitability. Without the big mergers and acquisitions of years past, Vacasa is pressuring its sales force to get more productive or hit the road.
Trivago Considers Adding Free Links Like Google Did
You can expect to see wider adoption of the free links in metasearch that Google started in 2021. More hotels means more site visitors, and eventually revenue.
What Separated Airbnb From Online Travel Rivals in 2nd Quarter – in One Chart
Airbnb leads the pack by far in its recovery from pre-pandemic 2019. But will that disparity diminish once the recovery of cities, and long-haul travel accelerates?
4 Takeaways From Airbnb’s Second Quarter Report
Airbnb's revenue stream wasn't as internationally diverse in the second quarter as it was pre-pandemic, but it is slowly creeping back to that level as international markets open.
New Tripadvisor CEO Emphasizes Using Data Better in First Earnings Call
Tripadvisor lags rivals Airbnb, Booking and Expedia in its pandemic recovery, but expects to surpass 2019 revenue in the next few months.