Expedia will begin including vacation rental listings from stablemate HomeAway in the next few months as the battle for alternative accommodation heats up.
9% of all respondents said that sharing economy lodging was now included in policy. But for the businesses whose travellers are mainly aged between 20 and 30, it’s 15%.
IATA projects that carriers will see around 45% of reservations coming through their own direct channels by 2021, up from 33% this year.
Spending by foreign tourists in New Zealand surged by almost 20% in the year ended March, buoyed by rising numbers of visitors from Australia and China.
Passengers realize that the air ticket is not what it used to be and having to buy ancillary services is now part of the process of a trip.
Some 52% of the mavericks who move straight to booking without any research are business travelers, according to TripAdvisor.
Booking.com has big ambitions for the region and wants to replicate the success it had in Europe.
China's domestic and international passengers will exceeed US by 2024 and India will overtake UK to become third-largest by 2025, according to a Bloomberg report.