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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 Awaze is a European vacation-rentals business that U.S. private-equity firm Platinum Equity carved out of Wyndham Worldwide in 2018 in a $1.3 billion deal, including debt. The pandemic boom in domestic lettings of cottages and holiday homes for families in European markets has benefited Awaze, which has this week resumed growth through mergers and acquisitions of property management companies. Awaze’s Copenhagen-based Novasol brand, which runs homes on behalf of owners...

More travel executives get their mission-critical industry news from Skift than any other source on the planet.Tell me more Vrbo President Jeff Hurst is blunt when it comes to the lodging realities of travel this summer: book early or have a Plan B in case things are full. Despite an increase in listings in key markets, the full-home rental site does not aim to have enough offerings to meet all of the demand in key markets, like Breckenridge, Colo., or the South of France, said Hurst at the Skift Short-Term Rental and Outdoor Summit on Wednesday. “You can’t solve for there’s not enough ...

Forget COVID-19: America Desperately Wants to Go on Vacation Fortune reported this week that Google data shows that search queries for resorts and hotels have reached their highest level in nearly ten years. Searches for “resort” peaked on March 21, with “hotel” peaking March 28, the Fortune report said. The coronavirus pandemic, among other effects on life and the economy, brought the travel and tourism industries to a near-standstill. Places and attractions were closed and traveling was restricted, and even when and where it wasn’t, many people were skittish about flying on a pr...

"It can prove challenging to find these details from a reliable source, so we teamed up with Sherpa to seamlessly integrate a solution into our apps, websites, and customer communications," she added. "Our goal is to reduce friction for travelers during a time when they need extra support and empower them to make responsible decisions." Expedia Group is partnering with Sherpa, a global provider of travel identification requirements for the travel industry, to offer the tool. Sherpa's technology has also been deployed in similar joint efforts with air carriers American Airlines and Caribbean A...

One shot instead of two The Johnson & Johnson vaccine is administered in a single shot, while the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna vaccines are given in two shots several weeks apart. The way it works The Johnson & Johnson vaccine uses a different method to prime the body to fight off Covid-19: a viral vector called Ad26. Viral vectors are common viruses that have been genetically altered so that they do not cause illness but can still cause the immune system to build up its defenses. The Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna vaccines use messenger RNA to do that. How well it works The Johnson & Johnson vac...