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I am taking a break from my multi-part blog series, A Journey Through Subchapter S / A Review of the Not So Obvious & The Traps That Exist For The Unwary, to provide another update on the Corporate Transparency
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Online Travel Industry Updates: Key Interviews, Airline Policy Changes and New Travel Platform Launches
This week’s Update features a variety of stories, including interviews with two of the online travel industries major influencers, Ariane Goren of Expedia and Drew Pinto of Marriott. I hope you enjoy.
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- American Airlines’ War with Tour Operators Continues. Responding
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Digital Dynamics: Booking.com's DMA Gatekeeper Role and AI's Expanding Impact on Travel Planning
Booking.com’s “gatekeeper” designation under the EU’s Digital Markets Act (DMA) and artificial intelligence’s increasing influence on online travel garnered much of the attention this past week. Enjoy.
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- Chase Scores Major Win with Southwest Airlines. Want to get away? Chase Travel
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Legal and Strategic Moves in Travel: Vegas Hotels' Court Victory, Airbnb's Subscription Consideration, and Airline Loyalty Program Scrutiny
Our weekly Online Travel Update for the week is below. And for those mothers out there, we hope you had a great Mother’s Day! This week’s highlights:
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- Las Vegas Hotels Earn Dismissal of Algorithmic Price-Fixing Case. One of the first
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A Journey Through Subchapter S / A Review of The Not So Obvious & The Many Traps That Exist For The Unwary: Part VI – Revocation of an S Corporation Election
This sixth installment of my multi-part series on Subchapter S is focused on the revocation of an S corporation election.[1] While the rules relating to revocation are fairly straightforward, there are a few nuances that may create traps…
Online Travel Update: Google's Cookie Policy Update, Shifts in Sustainable Travel Interest, and the Reality of Online Group Bookings
This week’s Update again features a wide variety of stories, including an important update on the much beleaguered spokesman for metasearch site, Trivago. Enjoy.
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- Google Again Delays Demise of Third-Party Cookies. Good news for online marketers using third party cookies
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Larry’s Tax Law Has Surpassed the One-Decade Milestone
I have been sharing knowledge with tax professionals through writing papers and articles, and presenting at tax conferences for almost 40 years. On March 11, 2013, with the encouragement of others, I entered the digital publishing age, embarking on a…
Travel Innovations and Challenges: DOT's Loyalty Program Hearing, Sustainability Efforts by Google & Expedia, and Hotel Direct Booking Updates
This week’s Update features a variety of topics – sustainability (x2), airline loyalty programs, NDC and direct booking campaigns (among others). I hope you enjoy.
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- DOT Announces Hearing on Airline Frequent Flyer Programs. Last week, the US Department of Transportation
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Shifts in Travel Tech: DerbySoft's Airline Foray, Expedia's VRBO Strategy, and a Deeper Amadeus Partnership
As you can see from our short list of stories below, it was a relatively quiet week in the online travel world. I hope you enjoy:
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- DerbySoft Moves Into Airline Industry. Hotel distribution connectivity provider, DerbySoft, announced plans last week
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Travel Innovations and Regulatory Moves: Singh's 'Perfect Trip' Vision and EU's Scrutiny of Tech Giants
This week’s Update features two stories from local (Seattle) publications. The first, from Seattle’s most well-known technology newsletter, Geekwire, provides a local perspective on Steve Singh’s ongoing efforts to create the corporate traveler’s “perfect trip.” The second, from our local…