A year ago, shares of Trivago were trading four times higher than they are today. Losses have just been made steeper after the company posted Q1 results, which continue to see the company's prime business experiencing a huge slowdown and unable to stave off rising costs.
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Thursday, April 26, 2018
Troubles don’t look set to cease at Trivago
Microsoft’s travel manifesto
Microsoft engaged a dozen technology companies, supplier partners and like-minded travel buyers to join its team for a corporate travel innovation summit to map a vision of the corporate travel future.
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Airbnb’s market share of U.S. lodging demand increasing at a decelerating rate
While Airbnb demand has grown rapidly during the past few years, analysts expect its demand growth will decelerate in the near term. Recent data provides strong evidence that this is already happening.
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Palma ‘to ban’ sharing economy apartment rentals
Palma is to become the first city in Spain to ban flat owners from renting their apartments to tourists.
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Uber is now a shopping platform
Once upon a time, landing an Uber with both phone chargers and water bottles was considered a fluke. But things are about to change.
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Personalised pricing: Right data instead of big data
In order to get into direct contact with their guests early in the booking process, hoteliers have to overcome the practice of commoditisation. The best way to take the focus off the price discussion is automatic pricing.
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Double direct hotel bookings in a year
Steigenberger Hotels - part of Deutsche Hospitality - double their volume of direct bookings in just one year. Here's how they did it.
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