OpenAI partners with DoorDash, eBay, Instacart, Priceline, StubHub, Uber, and other companies to ensure that Operator respects their terms of service agreements
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman kicked off this year by saying in a blog post that 2025 would be big for AI agents, tools that can automate tasks and take actions on your behalf.
Google Cloud partners with Priceline to help the travel agency develop an AI chatbot for planning trips, suggesting hotels like a “personal concierge”, and more
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How Booking Holdings, formerly Priceline, is betting on China's online travel market with partnerships and more than $2B in investments in Chinese companies
Stella Yifan Xie / Wall Street Journal :
Southeast Asian ride-hailing service Grab raises $200M from Booking Holdings, the travel firm formerly known as Priceline
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Travel giant Booking Holdings, formerly known as Priceline, invests $500M in Chinese ride-hailing firm Didi Chuxing
Didi Chuxing, China's largest ride-hailing company, has pulled in some strategic capital after Booking Holdings invested $500 million into its business.
IBM sues Expedia and its subsidiaries over alleged patent infringement dating back years, a day after settling a patent infringement lawsuit with Priceline
Expedia and Priceline boost inventory of home-rental options to challenge Airbnb, with Priceline Group's Booking.com upping vacation rental inventory by 50% YoY
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Leaked documents reveal the hotel industry's plan to combat Priceline and Expedia via PR and FTC lobbying campaigns, accusing firms of monopolistic practices
Bloomberg : Tweets: @sonyaellenmann Tweets: Sonya Mann / @sonyaellenmann : Lol, Airbnb PR sent me a link to this story, including the screenshot, with the subject line “Good luck with that” https://w...
Leaked documents reveal the hotel industry's plan to combat Priceline and Expedia via PR and FTC lobbying campaigns, accusing firms of monopolistic practices
Hotel industry will lobby Trump appointees to the FTC — The U.S. hotel industry plans to step up a lobbying and public relations attack …
Airbnb buys Canadian company Luxury Retreats; sources say the price was about $300M in cash and stock, and Luxury Retreats rebuffed Expedia and Accor bids
Airbnb said to have been in talks to offer $300 million — High-end rentals encroach on Expedia and Priceline's turf