- November 1, 2023
Competition is heating up in PYMNTS’ Provider Ranking of Travel apps as Airbnb and Booking.com remain tied for No. 1 and both gain points to score a perfect 100.
KAYAK and ...
- October 18, 2023
FinTech Plaid has appointed its first chief financial officer (CFO), a step toward a potential initial public offering (IPO).
Eric Hart, the former CFO of Expedia, has joined the 10-year-old startup, marking ...
- September 29, 2023
As the travel industry continues to evolve, the PYMNTS Provider Ranking of Travel Apps offers insights into the top movers and shakers.
There are ties, apps that have fallen, and some ...
- September 5, 2023
In the traveler’s quest to plan the perfect trip, having reliable information is crucial. The PYMNTS Provider Ranking of Travel Apps offers insights into top travel service providers, from airlines and hotels ...
- August 4, 2023
Travel website Expedia has a well-known consumer-facing website, but it also delivers a growing number of products behind the scenes.
The company is seeing “tremendous momentum” in its B2B business, Expedia ...
- August 3, 2023
Expedia’s second-quarter results showed gains in loyalty membership, a surge in B2B contributions as travel is becoming more affordable amid a pullback in pricing.
But it was a slowdown in bookings ...
- July 26, 2023
Walmart is working with Expedia to offer Walmart+ members deals on travel.
The partnership, announced Tuesday (July 25), lets members book trips via the WalmartPlusTravel website and get discounts on hotels, car rentals and vacation rentals, ...
- July 17, 2023
Expedia Group has unveiled a new loyalty program that rewards travel and hospitality business across the company’s portfolio.
This single loyalty program called One Key unifies the travel brands Expedia, Hotels.com ...
- May 9, 2023
Mastercard and Expedia Group have partnered to launch a new loyalty points redemption solution.
With the new Travel with Rewards program, Mastercard cardholders can redeem their points for travel bookings powered by Expedia, the ...
- April 4, 2023
Would you let artificial intelligence (AI) plan your next vacation?
Expedia wants to give customers a chance to do just that.
The travel website announced in a Tuesday (April 4) press release ...
- February 9, 2023
Making a powerful case for loyalty, Expedia Group is focusing on growing its mix of loyalty members and app users who book at higher levels than any other consumer group.
Reporting ...
- November 21, 2022
Travel website Expedia has teamed with buy now, pay later firm (BNPL) Afterpay for a program to let travelers pay for hotels and flights in installments.
The move comes ahead of a holiday season ...
- September 14, 2022
Expedia has announced that Julie Whalen will be the new Executive Vice President (EVP) and CFO of Expedia Group, a press release said, coming from her previous job at Williams-Sonoma.
She’ll ...
- July 31, 2022
JPMorgan Chase is putting together its own full-service travel business, The Wall Street Journal wrote Saturday (July 30).
JPMorgan has been bought a booking system, a restaurant review company and a ...
- May 20, 2022
Today in data, a new report shows that New York City has more Airbnb and Vrbo rentals than vacant apartments.
Data
22,000+: Estimated number of Airbnb and Expedia Group’s Vrbo vacancies in ...
- February 23, 2022
Short-term rentals supported more than 75,000 jobs in Arizona last year and generated $6.6 billion, according to report released Wednesday (Feb. 23) by Airbnb and Expedia.
“The study finds that short-term ...
- November 4, 2021
Online travel shopping company Expedia Group announced third quarter earnings results Thursday (Nov. 4) that showed growing revenue amid continued recovery from the pandemic’s crippling effect on its travel booking ...
- May 7, 2021
As the threat of the pandemic recedes, as we move toward actually, physically, getting around again, it’s safe to say that travel will rebound.
PYMNTS’ own research has shown that roughly ...
- May 4, 2021
American Express Global Business Travel (GBT) is acquiring Expedia Group’s corporate travel unit, Egencia, at undisclosed terms.
Paul Abbott, GBT’s CEO, said in a press release that the company’s technology and ...
- December 24, 2020
Beyond the devastating global health impacts, on top of the sweeping economic trauma, the coronavirus will also go down in history for ushering in a number of unprecedented lifestyle changes, ...
- December 18, 2020
The PYMNTS Weekender is here to catch you up on the latest news at the end of the last full work week before Christmas. We have deep dives on disbursements, ...
- December 14, 2020
One of the world’s largest travel websites has launched a dual-pronged promo to get record numbers of people who are currently working remotely to think outside the box –and to ...
- November 8, 2020
European Union regulators determining how to implement new rules governing dominant internet players may include short-term rental leaders Airbnb and Booking.com on a list of companies the guidelines cover, the ...
- November 5, 2020
As pandemic cases have ticked up over the past several weeks, the travel industry’s fortunes worldwide have ticked down. With lockdowns re-emerging in the United Kingdom and the European Union, travel restrictions ...
- July 6, 2020
Travala.com, the Binance-backed online trading agency, will be allowing travel bookings through Expedia paid for in cryptocurrency for the first time since 2018, according to CoinDesk.
The feature was shelved at ...
- April 24, 2020
After what has felt like the second-longest month in history (with March 2020 being the first), this week marked something of a shift in the news cycle. For the first time since mid-March, the ...
- April 23, 2020
Expedia Group has announced a new CEO and said it has agreed to a buyout, according to The Wall Street Journal.
Vice Chairman Peter Kern will take the helm of Expedia, ...
- April 23, 2020
You can’t get much cheaper than negative prices.
As the world knows, oil briefly went negative this week before rebounding, showing the breathtaking speed a downward tack can take when demand ...
- April 16, 2020
Expedia Group is looking to cut its budget for ad revenues this year, according to Chairman and Senior Executive Barry Diller.
Diller told CNBC that the company usually spends around $5 ...
- March 5, 2020
It’s 2006. “The Departed” is the top movie. The iPhone is a year away. People use beepers for urgent communications. Bush the younger is president. Post-bubble internet startups are showing ...
- February 25, 2020
Travel site Expedia has announced that it will cut 3,000 workers in an attempt to streamline its “bloated” company after the exit of its CFO and CEO, according to a ...
- February 10, 2020
More than 30 competitors in the travel holiday rental industry are accusing Google of promoting its own services over theirs, and one of them has submitted an official complaint to ...
- December 6, 2019
It’s the end of the workweek, and the PYMNTS Weekender is here to make sure you didn’t miss anything with the latest in payments and commerce news. We have a ...
- December 5, 2019
In today’s top news, the European Central Bank (ECB) has mulled using a public cryptocurrency if international payments inside of Europe stayed too costly. Also, Grab is introducing Asia’s first numberless ...
- December 4, 2019
Excuse the cliché to come, but whether travel is about the journey or the destination, it does pay to at least have some rough idea about where you want to ...
- December 4, 2019
Expedia CEO Mark Okerstrom and CFO Alan Pickerill have resigned following a conflict over the company’s strategy, the company said in a press release on Wednesday (Dec. 4).
Barry Diller, chairman ...
- June 27, 2019
A little over a month ago, Booking.com sent ripples of surprise throughout the travel vertical with the announcement that it would begin collection commissions on the fees resorts charge to ...
- June 15, 2019
Summer is here and while schools nationwide are emptying, families across the U.S. are readying for the annual pilgrimage to beaches, national parks, amusement parks, resorts and campgrounds nationwide. And ...
- June 12, 2019
Online travel booking startup Nustay has filed a complaint with the European Union’s antitrust regulator, the European Commission, accusing Expedia Group and Booking Holdings of breaching the region’s competition rules.
The ...
- May 15, 2019
Google is launching a product that will make it easier for users to plan and organize their travel plans. The new product will integrate flight and hotel search functions, as ...
