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Booking Battles, Bold Moves and Booking Windows

Booking Battles, Bold Moves and Booking Windows

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 Brandreth Canaley, Wil Slickers, and Jamie Lane break down key developments across the travel and short-term rental landscape. They cover Booking Holdings (NASDAQ: BKNG) Q2 results, including strong growth in Europe and Asia, a softer U.S. market, and how loyalty and direct booking strategies are evolving. The episode also unpacks new insights from AirDNA’s latest outlook report, an acquisition at MadeComfy in Australia, and what recent economic signals really mean for operators without getting lost in headlines or politics. This episode is brought to you by Guesty. Follow the Hosts: Wil Slickers – ⁠LinkedIn⁠ Brandy Canaley – ⁠LinkedIn⁠ Jamie Lane – ⁠LinkedIn⁠ Michael Goldin – ⁠LinkedIn⁠ Connect with Skift: LinkedIn: ⁠⁠https://www.linkedin.com/company/skift/⁠⁠ WhatsApp: ⁠⁠https://whatsapp.com/channel/0029VaAL375LikgIXmNPYQ0L/⁠⁠ Facebook: ⁠⁠https://facebook.com/skiftnews⁠⁠ Instagram: ⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/skiftnews/⁠⁠ Threads: ⁠⁠https://www.threads.net/@skiftnews⁠⁠ Bluesky: ⁠⁠https://bsky.app/profile/skiftnews.bsky.social⁠⁠ X: ⁠⁠https://twitter.com/skift⁠⁠ Subscribe to ⁠@SkiftNews⁠ and never miss an update from the travel industry. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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