Business News Hilton’s AI Trip Planner Wants To Book Your Travel. Customers Aren’t So Sure Yet. The hotel is using AI to keep bookings in-house, but most travelers still don’t trust a chatbot to plan their vacation. By Jonathan Small
Business News You Can Now Book Hotels On Uber: ‘We Want to Become the One App for Everything,’ Says the CEO By Jonathan Small
Business News Expedia’s quarterly performance: Insights into the unexpected dip By Jeffrey Neal Johnson
Business News 17 Things You Need to Know About Uber’s New CEO Dara Khosrowshahi The former Expedia CEO has got a lot on his plate. By Rose Leadem
Business News Expedia Posts Surprise Profit as Acquisitions Pay Off Last year, Exedia bought rivals Orbitz Worldwide Inc. for $1.3 billion and Travelocity for $280 million. By Reuters
Buying a Franchise How a Love of Travel Took This Man From Drummer to Franchisee Through Expedia CruiseShipCenters, franchisee Jon Harvill is helping others to experience his passion for new places. By Carly Okyle
Building a Business Expedia to Buy Airbnb Competitor HomeAway in $3.9 Billion Deal This is the largest acquisition in Expedia's history. By Reuters
Building a Business How Expedia Wants to Help Small Businesses Save on Travel Costs The online travel agency wants to offer small businesses the same perks that larger companies get. By Elaine Glusac
Business News Expedia Acquires Travelocity in $280 Million Deal Consolidation in the online booking industry continues. By Reuters
Building a Business First It Was Rap Genius. Is Google Punishing Expedia Now, Too? The big travel site isn't appearing as high in relevant search results as it has in the recent past. Questionable SEO tactics could be to blame. By Benjamin Kabin