Booking Holdings is seeing early results from growth initiatives while also recording better-than-expected gains in the third quarter. The company’s efforts to advance its “connected trip” vision, to continue developing its artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities and to grow alternative accommodations all saw progress during the...
Digital travel platform Booking.com is expanding its artificial intelligence (AI)-powered features. The expansion, announced by the Dutch company Wednesday (Oct. 30), is part of a larger embrace of AI tools within the travel sector. Among the new features is Smart Filter, which lets travelers describe their ideal property in...
Online travel company Booking Holdings is seeing results from its deployment of new tech-driven initiatives. These initiatives include its “connected trip” vision, its artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities and its enhanced Genius loyalty program, Booking Holdings CEO Glenn Fogel said Thursday (May 2) during the company’s quarterly earnings call. While distinct from...
Global commerce platform WEX has launched a virtual card partnership with Booking.com. The new arrangement, announced in a news release Thursday (April 25), expands on the two companies’ 11-year-old partnership, with WEX becoming Booking.com’s virtual card provider and WEX’s payment solutions supporting Booking.com’s travel-related products and services sales. “Building...
May 22, 2023
Despite earnings losses, carriers predict soaring demand as the United States enters the summer travel season. Airlines’ summer flight forecasts range from rosy to hesitant after a disappointing holiday travel season, The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported in April. Southwest, for example, saw a quarterly loss of $159 million, which it attributed partly to a travel dip over […]
November 02, 2022
Consumers all over the world are conducting more of their routine activities using digital methods, whether that’s booking trips, buying food, gassing up the car, shopping for any number of...
August 29, 2022
The great reopening is upon us: Travel is surging, airports are crowded and railways are congested. Cross-border travel is seeing a snapback. Students are going back to school in person,...
November 22, 2021
Question: When is a global travel conglomerate not a simply global travel conglomerate? Answer: When it’s also a FinTech. Discussing new initiatives during the recent third-quarter earnings call, Booking.com CEO...
October 30, 2024
Booking Holdings is seeing early results from growth initiatives while also recording better-than-expected gains in the third quarter. The company’s efforts to advance its “connected trip” vision, to continue developing its artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities and to grow alternative accommodations all saw progress during the quarter, Booking Holdings CEO Glenn Fogel said Wednesday (Oct. 30) […]
October 30, 2024
Digital travel platform Booking.com is expanding its artificial intelligence (AI)-powered features. The expansion, announced by the Dutch company Wednesday (Oct. 30), is part of a larger embrace of AI tools within the travel sector....
May 02, 2024
Online travel company Booking Holdings is seeing results from its deployment of new tech-driven initiatives. These initiatives include its “connected trip” vision, its artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities and its enhanced Genius loyalty program, Booking...
April 25, 2024
Global commerce platform WEX has launched a virtual card partnership with Booking.com. The new arrangement, announced in a news release Thursday (April 25), expands on the two companies’ 11-year-old partnership, with WEX becoming Booking.com’s...
