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Only on Skift: What’s a key part of Booking Holdings‘ strategy to attract hotel and short-term rental guests? The company, which owns brands including Booking.com, Kayak and Priceline, spent around $6 billion on marketing in 2022 — and that was about 35% of its total revenue. A BTIG investor report published last week stated that […]

The DJIA rose 169 points, Nasdaq was up 134, the S&P 500 rose 26 points and the 10-year treasury yield was down .07 to 3.71%. Lodging stocks were mixed. AHT was the only mover of note, down -6% on the day. Wells Fargo initiated coverage on Airbnb with an Underweight rating and $99 price target. Truist Securities published a report on ABNB and the short-term rental business […]

Let’s go backwards to give you an overview of today’s market. The 10-year treasury yield plunged 0.32 to 3.83%. That is a nearly 8% drop in the yield on a modestly better CPI report. Back to the regularly scheduled program, the DJIA surged 1,201 points, Nasdaq was up 761, and the S&P 500 rose 208 points. People will look at this and wonder […]