Reading Time: 2 minutesUS: Ride-hailing service Uber has added hotel bookings to its app via a partnership with Expedia Group.
Reading Time: 2 minutesUber partners with Expedia, adding hotel bookings to advance its super-app ambition, but can a unified travel platform truly be adopted?
Reading Time: < 1 minuteFrance: Hospitality group Accor has launched an ALL Accor booking app within ChatGPT, allowing travellers to search for hotels, compare rates and complete bookings via the group’s website.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteTurkey: The Association of Turkish Travel Agencies (TÜRSAB) has filed a lawsuit seeking an access ban on 10 foreign travel and booking platforms, citing unfair competition and unregulated activity.
Reading Time: 4 minutesShort Term Rentalz editor Paul Stevens comments on the potential impact of Uber’s rumoured acquisition of Expedia.
Reading Time: 3 minutesUK: Expedia Group has announced the UK launch of One Key, its flexible loyalty programme which launched in the United States last year. The scheme is now available and free for UK travellers who book eligible flights, holiday homes, hotels, car rentals and activities on Expedia Group’s three major brands – Expedia, Hotels.com and
Reading Time: 3 minutesBart-Jan Leyts, CEO and founder of Otamiser, explores how independent hotels can compete with larger chains on the OTAs by optimising search algorithms.
Reading Time: 18 minutesWorldwide: Drawing from the coverage provided by four sector-leading B2B websites, the editorial team at International Hospitality Media [IHM] have once again compiled a list of 25 influential leaders spanning the travel, hospitality and real estate landscape who they believe have a big 12 months ahead of them.
Reading Time: 2 minutesWorldwide: Research conducted by the online publication Cybernews explores how 22 travel and hotel apps access and collect user data, including location, camera and messages.
Reading Time: 3 minutesUS: Expedia Group has confirmed that Ariane Gorin, the company’s president of Expedia for Business, will take over from outgoing incumbent Peter Kern as CEO on 13 May.
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