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
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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…
AI's Impact on Travel: OpenAI's "Operator" Tool and Its Disruptive Potential
By Greg Duff
Good Saturday morning from Seattle . . . Nice to be back in balmy (25°) Seattle after a week working in frigid New York.
This week’s Update presents yet another announcement by yet another generative AI platform about yet another AI tool that has direct application to (and is likely to have a major disruptive…
Online Travel Update: TripAdvisor's AI Partnership & Corporate Travel Merger Developments
Good Sunday morning from Seattle . . . Our Online Travel Update for the week ending Friday, January 17, 2025, is below. Other than Perplexity’s newly announced partnership with TripAdvisor (readers, please read the story below), this past week was relatively quiet as the industry (and the world) waits with anticipation (or for some, bated…
2025 Travel Trends and Updates: AI's Impact, UK Travel Changes, and a Focus on Safety
Good Sunday morning from Seattle . . . Our first Online Travel Update for 2025 is below. The past two weeks produced a number of interesting stories, including the Department of Justice’s attempt to stop the planned Amex GBT / CWT merger, interesting predictions coming out of Skift’s recent Megatrends events and valuable reminders for…