Airbnb Outpaces Rivals With Its Fastest Revenue Growth in 3 Years
Airbnb is making its rivals look relatively sluggish. Is it affordability that's kickstarting demand across regions?
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Airbnb CEO: Our Specialized AI Agents Will Handle ‘Every Vertical in Travel’
There's been speculation for years about whether Airbnb would launch flights. Such small-minded speculation: Airbnb intends to use specialized AI agents to do every travel vertical. Airbnb Cruise, anyone?
Airbnb-Backed Candidates Lose in LA, a Setback in Push to Loosen Rental Rules
Airbnb’s money may not have bought it a friendlier mayor in Los Angeles. Expect the company to look for other ways to add Olympic supply.
Tripadvisor Cuts Jobs, Outgoing CEO Says Experiences Overhaul Fell Short
The Tripadvisor-Viator experiences business has long had a "Tripadvisor" brand problem. The consolidation of their teams didn't work, and both experiences revenue and profits fell in the third quarter.
Bomb Hoaxes Test Europe’s Airlines as Geopolitical Pressures Mount
None of this week’s threats has proved real, but each one still cost a diversion, a search and a rebuilt schedule. Whoever sent them, the hoaxes have added to a list of disruptions, from conflict-driven fuel costs to closed airspace, that is making routine flying in Europe ever more challenging.
Tripadvisor Announces CEO and CFO Exit 16 Months Into Starboard’s Activist Push
You can expect the board to supercharge a sales process or to pursue other strategic alternatives as Goldberg exits.
EU’s Sustainable Tourism Plan Aims to Spread Visitors Out — With No Funding or Targets
The EU Sustainable Tourism Strategy sits on top of existing tourism strategies released by the economic bloc’s Commission. But it still falls short of presenting measurable targets that would actually support its implementation.
Minor Hotels Puts Its New Wellness Brand Inside a St. Regis It Owns
Owning the building made this easy. Minor didn’t need anyone’s money to put its wellness brand inside a Marriott-run hotel. Getting an outside owner to pay for one, and agreeing with another brand on who keeps the client, will be harder.
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KLM to Cut Workforce by Nearly 15% in €1 Billion Cost-Saving Drive
Despite improving profits, the Dutch airline says its future is far from guaranteed, with big changes needed to bring costs under control and restore competitiveness.
A local’s guide to Belgrade: the best sights, restaurants and nightlife in a city in flux
A new optimism pervades the Serbian capital following the recent elections, making it a great time to visit its bars, clubs, markets and riverside hotspots There’s a celebratory mood in Belgrade, the Serbian capital. For almost two years protest has shaped everyday life as a student-led movement demanding accountability and an end to corruption gathered momentum after a concrete canopy at Novi Sad’s newly renovated railway station collapsed in November 2024, killing 16 people. Demonstrations grew into a nationwide challenge to the government and finally, last month the student-backed list won
Trip.com Group Builds a Bigger Travel Business Around Concerts
The concert might be the reason to travel, but Trip.com Group wants to make sure it's not the only thing fans spend money on. Tickets and hotel rooms are just the opening act.
Choice Paid $24 Million to Walk Away From Buying Spain’s Sercotel
Choice earns a cut of its franchisees’ room sales. Buying Sercotel would have left it owing rent even when bookings slowed.
What the FTC Wants to Know About How Airlines Set Fares
Airline pricing has come under more scrutiny in recent years after Delta disclosed it was using AI to price some fares and a lawsuit was filed against JetBlue, alleging that the company uses personal data to price airfares. The airline industry has said it uses no personal data to determine pricing.
Why Scaling AI Agents Is Harder Than Building Them
Scaling AI agents is less about the model than the systems, talent, and infrastructure around it. As travel companies move from pilots into production, they must decide which capabilities differentiate the business and which are better handled by a specialist.
The Unproven Economics of the Weekend Cruise
Cruise lines are putting some of their biggest ships on shorter trips, but the financial evidence that those voyages generate better returns remains thin.
Thailand’s 2032 Tourism Plan Chases Spending, Not Arrivals
Thailand’s $118 billion goal targets spending rather than arrivals, which have stalled at about 33 million. Rising prices will surely lift revenue regardless, but higher rates aren’t the same as higher value, and the plan has no budget yet for the terminals, marinas and guides needed to attract bigger spenders.
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Air India CEO Wants More Widebodies as International Ambitions Grow
Air India CEO Tewolde Gebremariam thinks the carrier has been "punching below its weight." He is now planning for the airline he wants it to become, not the one it is today.
Regional Visitors Keep Oman’s Arrivals Steady but Can’t Fill Its Hotels
Oman’s arrivals have held up this year, but its hotels lost more than a tenth of their guests and revenue as Europeans stayed away. Regional travelers are still arriving but make shorter visits at lower rates.
‘Overlooked only by trees’: a calming autumn cabin stay in north Norfolk
With its secluded orchard location, private sauna and hot tub, this off-grid cabin is the perfect place to kickback, with beaches and pubs just a short stroll away As we walked through the orchard to our cabin at dusk, shadowy figures emerged from the mist. We stood stock-still and held our breath. Most of them saw us and fled, but one held its ground, unwilling to relinquish its stolen goods. Muntjac have clearly developed quite a taste for windfall apples. My boyfriend and I left the little deer to dinner and walked on to the quince orchard, where our cabin waited in the far corner. This is
Booking.com Bets It Can Close the Trips That ChatGPT and Gemini Start
AI may own the start of the trip, but Booking.com is betting trust and payments decide who gets the booking. Its experience with superapps, where daily use never became travel spending, suggests generative chatbots may face the same problem.