Colombia’s 90,000 Potato Growers Get a Cost-Cutting Roadmap — and a Direct-to-Retail Ambition

Investigations

4.4 vs 1.8: One Company, Two Reputations — How to Read the Ratings

27.10.2026

On Trustpilot, Trip.com is rated "Excellent" on roughly 180,000 reviews; on Google Play it scores 4.7. On PissedConsumer it gets 1.8, and…

Potato diseases

Global: Potato Early Dying Management Relies on Soil Testing and Rotation

26.10.2026

Verticillium dahliae and lesion nematodes act as partners in early dying; pre-plant soil assays and rotation discipline decide severity more than any…

Investigations

Russia and the CIS: Mir Cards, Sanctions and a Company With No Legal Entity — Who Do You Complain To?

26.10.2026

For Russian travellers, Trip.com has become one of the few windows onto international air travel — the service accepts Mir cards. But…

Climate

Global: Climate Variability Forces Earlier Harvest Planning Decisions

26.10.2026

Unpredictable autumns mean harvest windows open and close faster; farms that pre-plan lifting order and labor flexibility capture crops that weather once…

Investigations

Cambodia and Korea: Personal Data as a Travel Platform’s Most Fragile Asset

25.10.2026

In December 2025, Trip.com Group lost some of its Chinese users not to a breach but to a rumor: a single announcement…

Investigations

The Shareholder Lawsuit: What the Company Knew About the Risk, and When It Told Investors

24.10.2026

In spring 2026 a US investor filed a class action against Trip.com Group, accusing the company of understating its regulatory risk in…

Investigations

The Agent–Airline Loop: Who Owes You the Refund for a Cancelled Flight

23.10.2026

The most widespread complaint about Trip.com worldwide sounds the same everywhere: the airline sends the passenger to the agent, the agent sends…