Sabre already competes, in a sense, with D-Edge in that it also offers a booking engine, a customer relationship management service, and some channel management services.
Meir believes the company’s strategy, which mixes technology with human interaction, continues to be the “golden path for success."
This week, Skyscanner has begun offering it with Aeroflot and Westjet via a service it calls “direct booking.”
Chinese consumers have much stronger confidence in economic recovery compared to respondents elsewhere in the world.
The company has been aggressively offering coupons to both guests and hosts, to re-engage its users and try to rebuild consumer confidence in the travel industry.
ZoloStays is looking to start another 500 to absorb the future demand.
The Expedia Group deal with Apollo and Silver Lake consisted of a USD 1.2 billion in preferred stock, and USD 2 billion in debt financing.
In March, ixigo had cut salaries of all its employees in the range of 25% to 50%, which was expected to last for 6 months.