Good Sunday morning from Seattle . . . Our Online Travel Update for the week ending Friday, April 11, 2025, is below. This week’s Update features a heavy dose of AI related stories – including Microsoft’s recently announced partnership with Expedia and other OTAs – as well as a helpful overview of the UK’s Digital
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This Week in Travel: NDC Progress, Booking.com Scrutiny, and AI Momentum in the Industry
By Greg Duff
Good Sunday morning from Seatle . . . Our Online Travel Update for the week ending Friday, April 4, is below. This week’s Update features a number of follow up stories on topics covered in recent Updates, including Booking.com’s challenges with fraudulent property listings and the major OTAs embrace of agentic AI. I’ve also included…
Travel Tech Trends: Perplexity’s Booking Leap, Airbnb Incentives & AI-Powered Planning
By Greg Duff
Good Sunday morning from Seattle . . . Our weekly Online Travel Update for the week ending Friday, March 28, 2025, is below. This week’s Update features stories on a variety of topics including Perplexity’s big booking announcement, HotelTonight’s introduction of Airbnb’s first ever “discounts” and two perspectives on Booking.com’s budding partnership with OpenAI. I…
AI, Antitrust & Algorithms: EU Targets Google, Travel Grapples with Generative Tech
Good Sunday morning from Seattle . . . Our Online Travel Update for the week ending Friday, March 21, is below. This week’s Update features a number of stories on the EU’s renewed interest in pursuing competition compliance, even if in the face of threatened U.S. tariffs. What this might ultimately mean for Google search…
This Week in Travel: Booking.com Phishing Scam, California’s AI Pricing Crackdown & More
Happy Saturday from Seattle . . . Our Online Travel Update for the week ending Friday, March 14, 2025, is below. What started as a relatively quiet week in the travel industry (other than the concerning reports from several major airline carriers that captured much of the travel industry’s attention and reporting), finished with a…
Online Travel Update: Booking.com Expands AI, Chase Travel Rises, and a New Industry Podcast
Happy Sunday afternoon from Seattle . . . Our Online Travel Update for the week ending Friday, March 7, 2025, is below. The past week was relatively quiet one, with only minor announcements by a few of the largest industry players – Booking.com and Expedia (and Chase Travel?). I hope you enjoy.
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Navigating the Future of Travel: AI Innovations, Record Marketing Investments & Regulatory Shifts
By Greg Duff
Good Sunday morning from Seattle . . . Our Online Travel Update for the week ending Friday, February 28, 2025, is below. This week’s Update features a variety of stories from a variety of sources, including some new sources. It is often easy to rely on the industry pillars – Phocus Wire and Skift –…
Travel in the AI Era: Embracing the Future of Exploration
Good Saturday afternoon from Seattle . . . Our Online Travel Update for the week ending February 21, 2025, is below. If any of our readers still question the profound (dare I say, disruptive) effect that AI will have on online travel (and in particular, distribution), I encourage you to take the time to listen…
AI’s Growing Influence in Travel: Key Updates and Emerging Trends
Good (holiday) Monday morning to everyone . . . It is President’s Day, which means those of us in the U.S. get to enjoy an additional day off (sort of, but not really) work. Our Online Travel Update for the week ending Friday, February 14, 2025, is below. As I promised in our last Update…
AI and the Future of Travel: How Tech Giants Are Again Transforming the Travel Industry in 2025
Good Sunday afternoon from Seattle . . . Our Online Travel Update for the week ending Friday, February 7, 2025, is below. This week’s Update features a variety of stories, including details on Expedia’s recent quarterly earnings release, news of recent layoffs at TripAdvisor and a heavy does of AI related stories.
Given recent conversations…