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Booking.com expected to cut 3000 jobs worldwide

Reading Time: 3 minutes Netherlands: Online travel agency Booking.com has announced that it plans to cut up to 3000 jobs worldwide due to a reorganisation of the company which will see almost all of its customer service operations outsourced to Luxembourg-based customer service outsource firm Majorel.

Features

Quick Q&A: Tony Kaldas, Booking.com

Reading Time: 3 minutes • How is Booking.com growing its serviced apartment, aparthotel and oliday home offering in the region? “Our mission is to empower people to experience the world, which means we focus on using technology to remove friction from travel.  Booking.com helps properties of all shapes and sizes and in every corner

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Talking business: Joost Vermeulen, Booking.com

Reading Time: 4 minutes • How long has Booking.com been active in the MEA market? “We set up our first office in the region in Dubai in 2006. At Booking.com we have always followed the demand of our customers in making strategic decisions about how and where to look for new business opportunities. As we saw

Airbnb
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Airbnb eyes further expansion into long-term rental market

Reading Time: 2 minutes US: Airbnb is focusing its attention on strengthening its long-term rental business, as the company eyes up new revenue streams and growth opportunities to expand beyond its core short-term rental offering. Speaking at Skift Global Forum in New York City, Airbnb co-founder and CEO, Brian Chesky, said that the segment

Leisure demand
Industry News

Leisure demand on the rise, reports Cheval

Reading Time: 2 minutes UK: Results from the 2024 Annual Travel Survey Report by Cheval Collection reveals that 72 per cent of travellers are planning at least three leisure trips over the next year.

Cleethorpes aparthotels
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Two Cleethorpes homes to become aparthotels

Reading Time: 2 minutes UK: Robertson Properties Ltd has been granted consent from North East Lincolnshire Council to transform two derelict residential homes in Cleethorpes into aparthotels.