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A $6.3 billion take-private closes the books on one of the most convoluted cap tables in travel. The scorecard is not what you’d expect.

The ride-sharing app has just hailed itself a brand new deal

The math suggests Uber will subsidize hotel booking at a net loss for a subscription fee. Expedia's B2B business growing five times faster than its consumer business tells you who this deal is really for.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

Asia's travel platforms are focused on providing the right answer fast. That may or may not require a human.

Asia's travel giants can scale globally. First they have to decide which parts of the China playbook get left behind.

Passion-driven trips for events or showing off a new dress have become traveler priorities in Asia, but safety and value are still critical.

In a conversation in Bangkok today, Agoda's CEO discussed a rebuild from the ground up.

The customer is technically in charge of booking decisions, but social media and AI systems are increasingly making the decisions for them.

For Uber, this is bait to drive more sign-ups to its paid subscription service. For Expedia, it's an incremental channel. For hoteliers, another distribution tax of sorts.

Chinese brands can't copy and paste their strategies to compete in international markets.