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More travel executives get their mission-critical industry news from Skift than any other source on the planet.Tell me more After shutting brands like Pillow and ApartmentJet, and striking a deal to spin off Egencia since becoming CEO a year ago, Expedia Group’s Peter Kern led a reorganization of the company that sees a trio of high-profile executives leaving. Trimming the business unit organization from five units to four and remaking them, Expedia Group appointed Rathi Murthy chief technology officer and president of Expedia Services, and Jon Gieselman the president of Expedia Brands, the...

Expedia Group hires top execs from Apple and Verizon as part of leadership structure overhaul May 25, 2021 at 7:00 am Underwritten by Tech Moves covers notable hires, promotions and personnel changes in the Pacific NW tech community. Submissions: tips@geekwire.com Jon Gieselman (left) and Rathi Murthy. (LinkedIn Photos) Expedia Group has hired top executives from Apple and Verizon Media as the company overhauls its leadership structure and brand after a long period of organizational disarray and declining revenues. The Seattle travel platform announced Monday morning that Apple marketing head...

Hotel and holiday let bosses fear Britons have double-booked a staycation AND a foreign break... and will CANCEL at last minute if 'green list' rules change Experts report growing trend to book rooms at multiple hotels before cancelling all but one at last minute   Customers are taking advantage of generous flexibility being offered by hotels amid continued uncertainty Some families are known to have booked a foreign holiday which they will cancel if travel abroad is banned Cancellation rates for UK's hotels are running at 'scarily low' levels of just 4%, well below the normal 30%  * Have ...

With some overseas travel opening this week, there are fears within the UK hotel industry that rooms will be cancelled last minute for those tempted by a holiday abroad instead.  Many booking websites and even hotels directly now offer fully flexible rooms to tempt travellers in, meaning they can be cancelled for free often with just 24 hours notice.  For that reason, people may have banked accommodation with the view of potentially ditching it for a trip to a country on a green list instead, as they wait and see how the summer of travel unfolds. But cancelling bed and breakfast, hotels and...

More travel executives get their mission-critical industry news from Skift than any other source on the planet.Tell me more Vacation rental brand Vrbo has seemingly made significant gains, even over the larger Airbnb, in recent months, but it was steep advertising spend that bolstered those gains as Vrbo outspent Airbnb 10-fold in U.S. advertising during the first two months of 2021. In other words, Vrbo bought a lot of traffic, overwhelmingly through online video, including Google’s YouTube, raising the question whether Vrbo’s boost is sustainable. Screen shot from Vrbo’s YouTube ad �...