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Booking Holdings Has Begun Merging Agoda, Booking.com, and Priceline's B2B Units: Scoop
1+ hour, 53+ min ago (171+ words) Omri Morgenshtern is running B2B plus Agoda and it wouldn't be surprising to see his role change. He'll be tasked with executing a massive tech migration, while also trying to win new B2B partnerships. Booking Holdings has begun consolidating its three brands…...
Delta Sells Dirt-Cheap Award Flights to Riyadh Ahead of October Launch
3+ hour, 11+ min ago (159+ words) Delta is betting that it will see a mix of business and leisure travel to Saudi Arabia as it prepares service to Riyadh. Other carriers have struggled to break into the market. Delta Air Lines is trying to hype up…...
Apollo Wins EasyJet Takeover Battle
5+ hour, 4+ min ago (136+ words) Apollo outbid Castlelake and outstructured it. Its winning approach could become the blueprint for how overseas private equity acquires European airlines under strict local ownership rules. EasyJet has agreed to a takeover by Apollo Global Management in a deal worth…...
Tripadvisor's Growth Is Way Behind Rivals. Next Question: What Gets Sold?
5+ hour, 17+ min ago (253+ words) Tripadvisor’s Growth Is Way Behind Rivals. Next Question: What Gets Sold? Skift First read is on us. Get unlimited access with Skift Pro. Unlock your next read Tripadvisor has little momentum to show. It's not lost on investors, or the…...
Extreme Drought Is Upending River Cruises
7+ hour, 45+ min ago (211+ words) Low water levels in Europe are causing widespread disruption to river cruises, leading to one Viking ship running aground. As guests face potential cancellations, the consumer travel insurance industry could be set to win as the sellers of peace of…...
Air India and IndiGo Just Hired CEOs for Two Very Different Global Goals
8+ hour, 1+ min ago (174+ words) Neither airline hired for today’s problems. Air India is trying to make a 600-aircraft expansion look orderly, while IndiGo is trying to ensure its global ambitions don’t arrive before its widebody fleet. Two days after Willie Walsh took over as…...
Expedia B2B Is Mostly Hotels, But It Wants a One-Stop Shop
22+ hour, 58+ min ago (160+ words) Expedia Group's B2B offering has been predominantly hotels. The online travel agency, which was founded more than 25 years ago, only recently began offering flights to B2B partners. Its strategy is to expand B2B into many more verticals. There were several questions for Expedia…...
Skift Capital Allocation Brief: A New Quarterly Read on Where Travel's Money Goes
1+ day, 2+ hour ago (170+ words) Skift Capital Allocation Brief: A New Quarterly Read on Where Travel’s Money Goes Skift First read is on us. Get unlimited access with Skift Pro. Unlock your next read M&A, venture money, buybacks, take-privates, a free quarterly read on…...
Thank You, Google. Trivago Expects EU Tailwind
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (233+ words) 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…...
Two Disneys: Booming U.S. Parks, Sluggish Asia
1+ day, 2+ hour ago (192+ words) While domestic park attendance remains strong, executives said Disney’s Asian parks aren’t immune to recent macroeconomic pressures. Disney’s parks and cruise segment continued to fuel the majority of profits in the third quarter, but there was a major decline among…...