TravelgateX launched a free control panel that allows monitoring of the coronavirus impact on the travel industry.
According to Lastminute, travelers will start booking again in May/June, with levels back to normal in July and August, and Shiji published an interesting chart on how Chinese market is picking up reservations since the beginning of the epidemic.
The Greek Ministry of Tourism announced all hotels (with the exception of seasonal ones) will be forced to shut down until April 30.
Tripadvisor is trying to sell five of its vacation rental brands: FlipKey, VacationHomeRentals, Holiday Lettings, Housetrip, and Niumba.
Bill Gates stated he is leaving Microsoft’s board to dedicate more time to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
Heather Simon, an Expedia’ former employee, stated that “Barry Diller failed Expedia [and] ignored the problems until he decided the only option left was the nuclear one.”
Facebook and Twitter took down several accounts connected to the same farm responsible for interfering in the infamous 2016 Trump election.
Egyptian tourism entrepreneur Hamed El Chiaty, that already owns Travco Group, bought a 3.4% stake in the TUI Group.
Cloudbeds raised $82M in a Series C minority investment led by Viking Global Investors.
SiteMinder launched Insights, a suite of monitoring and reporting tools, providing hoteliers a single place to access data on market trends, business performance, and guests’ behavior.