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Fearing another Expedia-like breakup, Hopper abruptly ended its hotel partnership with Booking Holdings a week ago, Skift has exclusively learned.

Good morning from Skift. It’s Tuesday, January 23. Here’s what you need to know about the business of travel today.

Amazon launched what one executive said was its “first-ever” Cyber Week Travel Deals.

eTraveli Group was left at the altar last week when the European Commission blocked its acquisition by Booking Holdings on antitrust grounds. Booking is appealing, but eTraveli CEO Mathias Hedlund said the $1.8 billion deal would be “no longer in play.” “We are a bigger fish now than we were at the time,” Hedlund said in an exclusive interview with Skift, referring to when the company signed the merger deal in November 2021. He said eTraveli is 2.4 times larger than before the pandemic.

Most Millennial and Generation Z travelers are planning bigger 2023 travel budgets but also growing more cost-conscious when booking flights and hotel accommodations, according to travel booking app Hopper.

When we said Skift is committed to our coverage of short-term rentals, we meant it. Ahead of the sold-out Short-Term Rental Summit in New York City, we’re launching the Skift Short-Term Rental Report, a premium newsletter that will hit your inbox three times a week (Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday) starting June 13.

Airbnb touted early progress Wednesday for its new listing service, where owners of multi-family properties allow tenants to occasionally rent out their units — in exchange for a share of the revenue.

Airbnb claimed growing traction for a listing service where owners of multi-family properties allow tenants to rent out their units from time to time. The real-estate program, launched in the U.S. last November with about 175 buildings in 25 markets, now has 260 properties in 40 markets.

Mexico’s two-year-old air safety rating downgrade by U.S. authorities has caused a more-than-billion-dollar hit to national airlines, an industry head said in an interview Wednesday.

If you listen to the half-dozen largest, publicly held hotel groups based in the U.S. and Europe, you would think owning the hotels you run is a terrible strategy and that providing large hotels for conventions and group bookings is a bad idea. Yet Loews, a publicly held holding company, is happily pursuing both strategies in its hotel business.

Passengers are losing their patience with American Airlines, complaining that flight attendants are hard selling the carrier's credit cards on planes. 

Labor Day is right around the corner, and what better way is there to kiss summer goodbye than with one last adventure? Right now, a handful of travel companies are coming in clutch with late summer deals, while others are looking ahead to fall, winter, and beyond to make sure you have something to look forward to when the temperatures start dropping.

Nordstrom devotees know summer is the best time of the year to score deep discounts at the department store. Unlike most major sales, Nordstrom's Anniversary Sale isn't just a way to get rid of last season's spillover—shoppers can find deals on brand-new items and made-for-the-sale kits across every category (clothing, shoes, luggage and bags, travel accessories, and home goods included). Whether you're new to the annual sale or look forward to it each year, here's everything you need to know about the 2023 shopping event, which runs through this Sunday, August 6, as well as our curated list of the best deals for travelers.

Following is our regular summary of the latest travel news and best frequent traveler promotions reviewed during the past week.

Following is our regular summary of the latest travel news and best frequent traveler promotions reviewed during the past week.

Following is our regular summary of the latest travel news and best frequent traveler promotions reviewed during the past week.

Following is our regular summary of the latest travel news and best frequent traveler promotions reviewed during the past week.

Following is our regular summary of the latest travel news and best frequent traveler promotions reviewed during the past week.

Following is our regular summary of the latest travel news and best frequent traveler promotions reviewed during the past week.

Following is our regular summary of the latest travel news and best frequent traveler promotions reviewed during the past week.

Following is our regular summary of the latest travel news and best frequent traveler promotions reviewed during the past week.