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Google Quietly Releases Its Hotel Booking Destination With Potentially Huge Implications

Within months, Google has rolled out new features in flights and hotels that, we dare say, make it a convenient one-stop shop to book travel sans encumbrances. Given its dominance in search, hotels and online travel agencies are on another planet if they are not feeling wary.

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Activist Marriott Loyalty Members Launch Campaign to Air Complaints

The Bonvoyed campaign is certainly the most ostentatious attempt at drawing attention to Marriott's latent IT issues. If it's not careful, however, bonvoyed.com may face the same fate as United's blocked customer activist website, untied.com.


Southwest May Bear Biggest Brunt After FAA Grounding of Boeing Max Jets

U.S. airlines downplayed the significance of the FAA's decision to ground the Boeing 737 Max, mostly saying they have enough slack in their fleets to take care of most customers. American and United probably will be OK, but it's hard to believe this will be business as usual for Southwest. It has more Max aircraft than the others.


Singapore's Changi Is Changing the Idea of What an Airport Can Be

An airport is hardly the place people want to come to and spend hours, but Changi Airport Singapore looks set to change all that when its Jewel project opens next month.


What a Breakup of Big Tech Could Mean for Travel

Going down the rabbit hole and considering the effect of a big tech crackdown in travel, Google and global distribution systems have perhaps the most to lose. It's likely, though, that few, if any, of Elizabeth Warren's proposed restrictions will ever become U.S. law.

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U.S. Experiential Traveler Trends 2019: New Skift Research

In the third iteration of this survey, we give an in-depth look at how the modern American traveler's values, attitudes, and behaviors have changed or remained constant over time.

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The Ethiopian Boeing 737 Max Crash Leads to One of the Strangest Weeks Ever in Aviation

The worldwide grounding of the Boeing 737 Max fleet "out of an abundance of caution" is a break with the FAA's traditional data-driven approach to accident investigations. Could this mean an end to the way safety decisions have been made?


Bogotá’s Potential in Wellness Tourism Starts With an Amazonian Nut

The cacay nut is a perfect example of how tourists can directly benefit entire countries simply by buying products for their own wellness in cities like Bogotá that help support poorer regions throughout Colombia. Maybe someday being a tourist will become less about being a foreigner and more about being a better global citizen.


No Shock or Awe at Booking Holdings About Airbnb’s Buy of HotelTonight

Booking Holdings' Glenn Fogel, whose background is in mergers and acquisitions, was undoubtably not surprised when Airbnb bought HotelTonight. We'd be shocked if he and others hadn't kicked the tires.


Lufthansa Now Drives More Than Half Its Bookings Directly

Some airlines will be jealous of Lufthansa Group's ability to have one out of every two of its customers book directly through its brand sites or travel management channels without having to pay fees to third-party tech middlemen.


India’s Luxury Hotel Sector Needs an Oyo-Like Disruption, Says Former Oberoi Boss

Thus far, disruptions in the hotel sector in India have occurred largely in the budget and economy segments. Former Oberoi-Trident President Kapil Chopra hopes to change that and take on the legacies with his Postcard Hotels & Resorts. Can he?

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