Booking.com says the impact of inflation continues to hamstring the U.S. travel industry. Demand is down as cautious consumers hold off on making their vacation plans, Ewout Steenbergen, the online travel platform’s finance chief, told Bloomberg News in an interview published Tuesday (Dec. 17). “We...
U.S. Bank has launched a travel booking platform for its credit card holders. The U.S. Bank Travel Center with Booking.com, announced Monday (Nov. 18), lets cardholders reserve flights, rental cars and hotels via Rocket Travel by Agoda’s booking technology and travel planning expertise. “Whether paying...
Online travel company Booking Holdings is seeing positive outcomes from its latest tech-driven initiatives, according to its second-quarter earnings report. Booking Holdings Thursday (Aug. 1) reported a 7% year-over-year increase in room nights booked, reaching 287 million for the second quarter. This growth highlights strong demand...
Citi and Navan have launched a new travel and expense system for Citi Commercial Bank (CCB) cardholders, the companies said Thursday (Oct. 19). This collaboration combines Navan’s all-in-one solution with Citi’s leading commercial card solutions, utilizing Navan Connect’s card-link technology. The system aims to provide...
August 17, 2026
Watch more: Monday Conversation With Booking Holdings’ Daniel Marovitz Travel has always had a front door and an operating layer. The front door was the search box, the app or the website. The operating layer was everything the consumer rarely saw: payments, currencies, supplier relationships, fraud controls, compliance, refunds and service. AI is collapsing the […]
January 31, 2020
In the 21st century, for businesses across many verticals, disruption comes at the speed of digital. That’s especially true of the travel industry, where a “mobile-first” mentality and the emergence...
December 17, 2024
Booking.com says the impact of inflation continues to hamstring the U.S. travel industry. Demand is down as cautious consumers hold off on making their vacation plans, Ewout Steenbergen, the online travel platform’s finance chief, told Bloomberg News in an interview published Tuesday (Dec. 17). “We haven’t seen so much of a movement in the U.S. […]
November 18, 2024
U.S. Bank has launched a travel booking platform for its credit card holders. The U.S. Bank Travel Center with Booking.com, announced Monday (Nov. 18), lets cardholders reserve flights, rental cars...
October 19, 2023
Citi and Navan have launched a new travel and expense system for Citi Commercial Bank (CCB) cardholders, the companies said Thursday (Oct. 19). This collaboration combines Navan’s all-in-one solution with...
August 17, 2023
Travel/expense management platform SAP Concur is set to unveil a new booking experience. According to an announcement on Thursday (Aug. 17), the company will create an “end-to-end booking experience across...