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Stories and scoops from online travel.

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Airbnb and Vrbo — Nonstop Change

The two short-term rental platforms are making sweeping policy revisions.

Dennis Schaal, Skift Executive Editor

Oct 28, 2026

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Airbnb, Vrbo Host Shock

Policy, business model changes generate host blowback.

Dennis Schaal, Skift Executive Editor

Oct 21, 2026

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Booking's $100 Million Plan

Imagine what sister brands are thinking about the size of that startup investment

Dennis Schaal, Skift Executive Editor

Oct 14, 2026

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Hopper Layoffs and the Booking Factor

Founder Fred Lalonde is now leading HTS

Dennis Schaal, Skift Executive Editor

Oct 7, 2026

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Airbnb Launches AI Search, Vrbo Doubles Commissions

The two homesharing sites are matching each others' moves — or trying to.

Dennis Schaal, Skift Executive Editor

Sep 30, 2026

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Uber Flights?

As Uber expands into hotels through an Expedia partnership, it's considering launching flights.

Dennis Schaal, Skift Executive Editor

Sep 23, 2026

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Booking's AI Hedge

The OTA will soon have its brands deploying three trip-planning chatbots, and it is also funding two native AI internal startups.

Dennis Schaal, Skift Executive Editor

Sep 16, 2026

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The Google Way or the Highway

Google is degrading certain travel search results.

Dennis Schaal, Skift Executive Editor

Sep 9, 2026

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Airbnb-Booking Competition Gets Personnel

Airbnb hired Pepijn Rijivers, who formerly ran hotels at Booking.com.

Dennis Schaal, Skift Executive Editor

Sep 2, 2026

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The LLM Referral Problem, 4 Years On

ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini aren't delivering much referral traffic, but in some cases the OTAs are putting AI to good use internally.

Dennis Schaal, Skift Executive Editor

Aug 19, 2026

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Airbnb Gives Up Going Solo on Experiences

Airbnb was never going to be able to scale experiences without major partnerships or acquisitions.

Dennis Schaal, Skift Executive Editor

Aug 12, 2026

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Booking's SEO Pain

The utility of SEO has been vanishing for a very long time, but Booking Holdings is newly feeling the pinch.

Dennis Schaal, Skift Executive Editor

Aug 5, 2026

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Airbnb's Ground Game

Airbnb hired a new public policy choreogropher. Look for the company's grassroots regulatory ground game to get more aggressive.

Dennis Schaal, Skift Executive Editor

Jul 29, 2026

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Airbnb's Awkward Partnership

Airbnb partnered with soon-to-be-Expedia company CarTrawler for car rentals in five countries.

Dennis Schaal, Skift Executive Editor

Jul 22, 2026

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Vacasa's Swan Song

Vacasa went on a decade-long acquisition spree, buying around 200 local property managers, but Casago has now sold the vast majority of them.

Dennis Schaal, Skift Executive Editor

Jul 15, 2026

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Why the West Never Got Its WeChat

Uber owns the transaction. Google Maps owns the moment before it. Hotels sit in between.

Dennis Schaal, Skift Executive Editor

Jul 8, 2026

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Visa's Travel Play

Visa's is competing in travel against its largest customers — the banks who issue Visa credit cards.

Dennis Schaal, Skift Executive Editor

Jul 1, 2026

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Airbnb's New Revenue Stream

Airbnb is trying out a feature where guests can pay a fee and cancel for any reason.

Dennis Schaal, Skift Executive Editor

Jun 24, 2026

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Brian Chesky’s Side Gig

Brian Chesky is looking for a new challenge outside of Airbnb.

Dennis Schaal, Skift Executive Editor

Jun 17, 2026

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Vrbo Adds Sponsored Listings

Sponsored listings are coming to short-term rental sites.

Dennis Schaal, Skift Executive Editor

Jun 10, 2026

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Airbnb's Double Play

Airbnb is making another move to improve its hotel business.

Dennis Schaal, Skift Executive Editor

May 27, 2026

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Expedia's Revised AI Strategy

Expedia's first AI chatbot, Roamie, has been retired. RIP, Roamie.

Dennis Schaal, Skift Executive Editor

May 20, 2026

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Does Expedia Have M&A Fever?

It looks like Expedia is on an acquisitions run, but this time it's focused on B2B.

Dennis Schaal, Skift Executive Editor

May 13, 2026

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Back in the Kayak Again

Booking Holdings is poised to debut this year a couple of new AI-oriented startups.

Dennis Schaal, Skift Executive Editor

May 6, 2026

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An Agoda Edge?

In a conversation in Bangkok today, Agoda's CEO discussed a rebuild from the ground up.

Dennis Schaal, Skift Executive Editor

Apr 29, 2026

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Airbnb and Vrbo — Nonstop Change

Airbnb, Vrbo Host Shock

Booking's $100 Million Plan

Hopper Layoffs and the Booking Factor

Airbnb Launches AI Search, Vrbo Doubles Commissions

Uber Flights?

Booking's AI Hedge

The Google Way or the Highway

Airbnb-Booking Competition Gets Personnel

The LLM Referral Problem, 4 Years On

Airbnb Gives Up Going Solo on Experiences

Booking's SEO Pain

Airbnb's Ground Game

Airbnb's Awkward Partnership

Vacasa's Swan Song

Why the West Never Got Its WeChat

Visa's Travel Play

Airbnb's New Revenue Stream

Brian Chesky’s Side Gig

Vrbo Adds Sponsored Listings

Airbnb's Double Play

Expedia's Revised AI Strategy

Does Expedia Have M&A Fever?

Back in the Kayak Again

An Agoda Edge?

Featured Authors

Sarah Kopit, Skift Editor-in-Chief

Rafat Ali, Skift Founder & CEO

Dennis Schaal, Skift Executive Editor

Seth Borko, Head of Skift Research

Adriana Lee, Travel Tech Reporter

Sean O'Neill, Senior Hospitality Editor

Meghna Maharishi, Airline Reporter