Priceline Group, the world's largest online travel agency, saw its market value rise above USD 100 billion (100.66 billion) on July 26.
Homestay reservation platform OneHome claimed to have so far completed three rounds of financing, aiming at the homestay booking market for Chinese travelers abroad.
Airbnb has been expanding its trust platform beyond enabling people to rent their spare rooms to allowing them to translate their passions into professions and empower more self-driving people.
Expedia reported gross bookings of USD 22.8 billion in the second quarter of 2017. Revenue increased 18% YoY to USD 2.6 billion, of which Trivago took up USD 328 million, a 64% rise from a year ago.
Travelzoo reported revenue of USD 26.4 million and operating profit of USD 1.4 million for the second quarter of 2017. In constant currencies, revenue decreased by 8% year-over-year.
Smart Host provides pricing intelligence to rental home owners. Beyond Pricing manages $10 million in Airbnb bookings and has boosted revenue for hosts from 10% to 40%.
SnapTravel introduces chatbot, enabling users to find and book rooms via SMS texts and Facebook Messenger without an app.
Indian OTA Yatra agrees to acquire travel firm ATB which has more than 400 medium and large sized corporate clients and some 700 agents, with gross annual bookings of around $230 million.