Tag Archives: Travel

This week’s Update features several stories on the big online travel newsmakers of last week – Google and Kayak. Enjoy. Google Once Again Embraces Organic Search and Eliminates Hotel Listing Fees(“Tripadvisor’s New Subscription Service Edges the Company Toward Online Travel Agency Status,” March 7, 2021 via Skift Travel News) (subscription may be required)(“Google eliminates fees for hotel booking links”, March 8, 2021 via Phocus Wire)(“Google Drops Costs for Hotels and… Source link

Google on Tuesday changed how its hotel price-comparison search works worldwide. The search giant made it free for hotels, online travel agencies, and metasearch brands to list room rates in its boxed pricing module for individual properties. Google has long had a price comparison tab on any given property’s listing within its hotel search interface — found via google.com/travel. Until Tuesday, the search titan only showed paid advertisements when users clicked on the “prices” tab…. Source link

The Telegraph On which mode of transport are you most likely to catch Covid? If you’re hoping to travel (either abroad or domestically) this summer, you may be pondering the best way to actually get to your holiday destination of choice. Transport safety has always been a big question, but since the pandemic, a new element has been added to this – what risk of infection do you expose yourself to aboard each one? While there hasn’t been a definitive answer to the question, it is possible… Source link

TipRanks 2 “Strong Buy” Dividend Stocks Yielding at Least 7% A number of factors are coming together in the market picture, and indicate a possible change in conditions in the mid-term. These include increases in commodity prices, specifically, oil prices, which have rallied recently. In addition, the January jobs numbers, released earlier this month, were disappointing at best – and grim, at worst. They, do, however, increase the chance that President Biden and the Democratic Congress… Source link

The Canadian Press In Georgia, final warnings about high-stakes Senate runoffs MILNER, Ga. — Vice-President Mike Pence warned conservative Christian voters in Georgia on Monday that a pair of high-stakes Senate runoffs might offer “the last line of defence” against a Democratic takeover in Washington.The vice-president’s visit to a Georgia megachurch launched a day of last-minute headliners, as President Donald Trump and President-elect Joe Biden campaign in the state ahead of Tuesday’s… Source link

Brian Chesky, chief executive officer and co-founder of Airbnb Inc., speaks during an Economic Club of New York luncheon at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, U.S., on Monday, March 13, 2017. Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images Airbnb says Google’s search business has prevented the home-sharing company from reaping internet traffic, according to documents the company filed as it prepares to sell shares to the public.Airbnb allows users to book short-term rentals and… Source link

Google today announced it’s adding more COVID-related health and safety information to its Google Travel booking service. Starting this week, when users search for hotels and vacation rental properties through Google Travel, they may see new information about COVID-19 safety precautions at the property — like enhanced cleaning procedures that may be in use, for example, or if there’s an option for a contact-free check-in, among other things. The company said it’s working in… Source link

AMC (AMC) and other entertainment stocks surged on Monday in the wake of Pfizer (PFE) and BioNTech (BNTX) announcing positive news about their leading COVID-19 vaccine candidate, which demonstrated a high level of efficacy in testing. Even as the U.S. topped 10 million coronavirus cases, markets — which for months have been pricing in hopes of an end to the crisis — skyrocketed on the news. The Dow (^DJI) and S&P 500 (^GSPC) both opened at record highs, tempering those gains slightly by… Source link

Early next year, Southlake’s Sabre Corp. plans to launch a new product powered by AI technology and advanced machine learning to help the global travel industry target customers through personalized offers designed to increase sales. Sabre is working with Google to develop its Sabre Smart Retail Engine, which relies on proprietary Sabre Travel AI Technology, according to a statement. “We are excited to bring this intelligent retail engine to market as part of our offer management… Source link

Australians have been issued an alarming travel warning just days out from the 2020 US election. The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade updated its travel warning on Friday for the US, which was already subject to a travel ban due to coronavirus. Anyone who might have been plotting an attempt to get into the country ahead of the election has been strongly advised against doing so “due to the ongoing potential for violence”. “Widespread protests and demonstrations have occurred… Source link