20170916英语学习笔记

trivago股价下跌（讲解版）| E0915

Hotel search firm Trivago has warned investors of weaker-than-expected revenue growth in 2017, due to lower spending from hotels and other travel companies. The company, which is headquartered in Germany, makes money by charging hotels and other travel firms for advertising linked to bookings made by Trivago users. It has been spending heavily to establish itself as a go-to travel search site, akin to a hotel-focused Google, that allows users to compare prices across different platforms.

Weaker-than-expected: 低于预期的

Booking：订票、订房

Go-to：直接前往的

Baidu is a go-to site.

Akin to：类=similar to

warn..of  警告

weaker/lower/stronger/higher than expected

spending heavily