And as we take a very early look ahead to 2024, we see strong growth on the books for travel that will take place in the first quarter of next year, though a high percentage of these bookings are cancelable.
Nov 2, 2023 / CFO / receipt, needs a key / David Goulden, CFO | earnings call 2023-11-02 | transcript 5c472e55-fe90-4ac1-a0e6-e5037d207101 | chars 3273-3480 | segment 3
Given current trends, we expect customers and consumers will continue to prioritize travel over other discretionary spend in 2024.
Nov 2, 2023 / CFO / receipt, needs a key / David Goulden, CFO | earnings call 2023-11-02 | transcript 5c472e55-fe90-4ac1-a0e6-e5037d207101 | chars 3481-3611 | segment 3
We expect Q4 marketing expenses percentage of gross bookings to be a bit higher than Q4 2019 as we expect to continue to invest in capturing demand and increasing awareness during the continued global recovery of travel demand.
Nov 2, 2022 / CFO / receipt, needs a key / David Goulden, CFO | earnings call 2022-11-02 | transcript c7880992-3880-41c5-beea-7b3c7127e268 | chars 20595-20822 | segment 20
Booking trends in Europe clearly benefited from a notable improvement in vaccination rates as well as loosening travel restrictions.
Aug 4, 2021 / CFO / receipt, needs a key / David Goulden, CFO | earnings call 2021-08-04 | transcript bb5eb41f-2dec-469a-a857-2ae5ac52a0f8 | chars 13902-14034 | segment 14
Asia partially offset the improvements in other regions with greater room night declines in Q2 than in Q1 due to the increase in COVID outbreaks with related travel restrictions.
Aug 4, 2021 / CFO / receipt, needs a key / David Goulden, CFO | earnings call 2021-08-04 | transcript bb5eb41f-2dec-469a-a857-2ae5ac52a0f8 | chars 14171-14349 | segment 14
G&A expenses decreased 36% year-over-year, largely driven by reduced discretionary expense, in such areas as T&E, lower indirect taxes, and lower office expenses due to employees working remotely.
Feb 24, 2021 / CFO / receipt, needs a key / David Goulden, CFO | earnings call 2021-02-24 | transcript e4b861cf-5b47-4bf0-8ff8-f5e07afe33ee | chars 18998-19194 | segment 19