Articles tagged “layoffs”

Hotels

Marriott Starts to Lay Off Corporate Employees

Now that Marriott International has doubled in size over a decade, it saw an opportunity to rethink its organization and restructure for efficiency.

Sean O'Neill | 9 hours ago

Marriott Starts to Lay Off Corporate Employees

Online Travel

Booking Holdings to Lay Off Employees, Shift Spending Priorities

Was Booking Holdings getting too fat? With operating costs outpacing revenue growth, something had to give. We might not know the exact chess moves for awhile.

Dennis Schaal | 6 days ago

Booking Holdings to Lay Off Employees, Shift Spending Priorities

Hotels

Marriott Unveils Overhaul: $90 Million in Cuts, Updates on Midscale Push

If you double your hotel empire over a decade, someone's eventually going to ask: "Hey, are we running this thing efficiently?" At Marriott, that someone is CEO Anthony Capuano.

Sean O'Neill | 2 weeks ago

Marriott Unveils Overhaul: $90 Million in Cuts, Updates on Midscale Push

Short-Term Rentals

Vacasa Laid Off 13% of Its Workforce

This was Vacasa's fourth layoff round since CEO Rob Greyber took over in September 2022.

Dennis Schaal | 6 months ago

Vacasa Laid Off 13% of Its Workforce

Online Travel

Expedia Backtracks on Outage Cause: ‘Software Issue’ Took Down Global Operations

Expedia provided a different explanation as to the cause of its global outages after we presented the company with a different account.

Dennis Schaal | 6 months ago

Expedia Backtracks on Outage Cause: ‘Software Issue’ Took Down Global Operations

Short-Term Rentals

TravelNet Solutions, Short-Term Rental Software Provider, Lays Off 7% of Employees

There have been a ton of layoffs in various areas of the short-term rental industry over the last year. Facing headwinds, companies are trimming costs and trying to position themselves to new market conditions.

Dennis Schaal | 7 months ago

TravelNet Solutions, Short-Term Rental Software Provider, Lays Off 7% of Employees

Short-Term Rentals

Vacasa’s First Employee Steps Down From the Board: How She Sees the Company Now

Is Vacasa losing its hospitality edge — one executive at a time?

Srividya Kalyanaraman | 8 months ago

Vacasa’s First Employee Steps Down From the Board: How She Sees the Company Now

Short-Term Rentals

Vacasa to Lay Off 320 – 5% of Workforce; COO to Leave

Vacasa is trying to get cash flow positive in 2024 by almost any means necessary.

Dennis Schaal | 9 months ago

Vacasa to Lay Off 320 – 5% of Workforce; COO to Leave

Travel Agents

Flight Centre Is Closing Its Gogo Vacations Unit

Flight Centre wanted to cut a money-losing division and refocus on a higher-end luxury client. RIP Gogo Vacations.

Dennis Schaal | 9 months ago

Flight Centre Is Closing Its Gogo Vacations Unit

Online Travel

Expedia to Lay Off 1,500 – Nearly 9% of Workforce

Now that Expedia Group completed its move of Hotels.com and Vrbo onto the Expedia.com tech platform, it saw the opportunity to make further workforce cuts.

Dennis Schaal | 9 months ago

Expedia to Lay Off 1,500 – Nearly 9% of Workforce