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Homesharing Platforms Vie For Millennial, Gen Z Travelers

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They want convenient booking tools, fast payment methods and secure reservations when planning their trips, and these needs have not changed much as millennials have come of age. Approximately 70 percent of guests use Pay Less Upfront when it is available, Shrauger noted.

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Thanksgiving Weekend Shoppers Surpass NRF’s Forecast

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More than 165 million Americans shopped online or in stores during the period from Thanksgiving through Cyber Monday , surpassing the 164 million estimate the National Retail Federation (NRF) provided before the shopping event. Older millennials and Generation Xers spent the most, with their average purchase sizes coming in at $413.05.

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AI’s Place In The $50B RV Market

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Consumers are beginning to express more preferences regarding their buying and selling experiences on online marketplaces, which are seeing an increased amount of competition in the market as they attempt to hold onto their customer bases. Technology and social media company Facebook is also growing more involved in the sharing economy.

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Standard International Launches Recommendations App

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Described as “the first social travel agency,” Benny (from the phrase “friends with benefits”) would allow people to recommend rooms to friends at the best rate, while also earning a commission. “We Online travel agents’ margins are significant, and this is a way to play in that space.”.

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Millennials Reluctant To Give Personal Data, Businesses Depend On It

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Between the Instagram selfies, Twitter hashtags and Facebook posts, millennials seem to overshare. Their life is an open book on social media, and even the tiniest of details are never too much to provide. Millennials expect technology to intelligently know who they are, with any investigative work done on the back end.

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12 Industries That Will Thrive Thanks To Millennials

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Popular media coverage of millennials often fixates on the industries the generation is allegedly killing and their supposed fiscal irresponsibility. Some industries benefiting from millennials’ increased spending power, such as travel, reflect well-worn Gen Y tropes like the general preference for “experiences” over things.

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Google’s Latest Travel Move Could Boost Contextual Commerce

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Not only that, the report said, but “some flights google.com/travel will reveal what the price would have been if the flight had been booked months in advance and whether an increase (or decrease) in fare is imminent. Contextual Commerce. Who doesn’t like an expedited experience?” Habibi asked. I’m happily surprised.”. Travel Trends.

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