Skift Take
Google's key priorities are artificial intelligence, retail, and YouTube. Travel is still an important vertical — it's just not a top focus.
Has travel been downgraded a tad at Google? This much is clear: Executives don't talk about travel as among the company's highest priorities.
Parent company Alphabet's chief business officer, Philipp Schindler, told analysts Tuesday that Google's "three key priority areas" are Artificial Intelligence, retail, and YouTube. For retail, think fashion, electronics, and furniture, for example.
In the previous two quarters, Google specifically cited retail and travel as driving