Airbnb, Booking.com and Expedia sign post-Brexit deal to share guest data with ONS Technology The data from Airbnb could provide reliable evidence to help policymakers arrive at informed decisions on short-term accommodation.
Exclusive: Expedia doubles down on London as it hunts for 120 new tech brains in the capital London - exclusive Travel tech firm Expedia Group is planning to expand its UK operations by recruiting candidates for around 120 predominantly tech-focused roles at its London base as the travel industry rebound continues, City A.M. can reveal. London is one of the group’s tech hubs outside the US, with close to half of all employees in the [...]
UK shorter-term bookings surge compared with pre-Covid levels UK shorter-term bookings surge compared with pre-Covid levels Despite uncertainty on travel restrictions, during the summer the British airline industry registered a 25 per cent jump in shorter-term international bookings compared with pre-pandemic levels. Data from the Airlines Reporting Corporation (ARC) showed that this year 52 per cent of international flight bookings from the UK were made over a four-week window, compared to [...]