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Booking Holdings Launches Vayo with Planned $100M Investment

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The waitlist opens today at vayo.com for the personal travel agent built for trips, not tasks, that organizes everything you’ve booked, learns how you travel and never stops working for you

SEATTLE, Oct. 14, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Booking Holdings (NASDAQ: BKNG) today announced a planned $100M* investment in its new company Vayo, which is launching in private beta with a waitlist now open at vayo.com. Vayo is where your trips live: a personal travel agent that knows how you travel and makes every trip better before you have to ask. Unlike a chatbot that answers questions in walls of text or an AI assistant that completes individual tasks, Vayo holds every trip together and keeps working on it long after the planning is done.

Planning a trip often means piecing together flights, hotels, activities and reservations across multiple channels, while keeping track of confirmation numbers, plans still in progress and details yet to be booked. Vayo calls the time, effort and mental load of managing it all a “planning tax.” Vayo takes on that work, bringing your existing reservations together from your inbox, filling in what’s missing and watching prices. Because every booking is connected, Vayo sees how one change affects everything else: when a flight changes, Vayo flags the late check-in and the dinner reservation now at risk. It’s like a thousand travel agents working for you, with the care of one who truly knows you.

“A trip isn’t a task, and travelers deserve more than a chatbot,” said Mike Fridgen, CEO and co-founder of Vayo. “With the backing of Booking Holdings, we’re building a personal travel agent that understands the entire trip, knows how you travel and never stops working for you. That’s Vayo.”

As a Booking Holdings company whose portfolio includes Booking.com, Priceline, Agoda, KAYAK, and OpenTable, Vayo combines the scale and supply of the global leader in online travel with a consumer experience built from the ground up. Built on openness, Vayo works across Booking Holdings brands and beyond, including reservations made through other travel platforms or directly with airlines and hotels. Travelers rarely book an entire trip through a single source, and a personal travel agent has to work the way travelers actually do.

“Travel is one of the most complex consumer experiences, and too much of the work still falls on the traveler to manage,” said Glenn Fogel, CEO of Booking Holdings. “Vayo is exploring how AI can anticipate needs to make planning and managing a trip more seamless. I have confidence in the Vayo team and their ability to move with purpose, capitalize on early learnings and adapt at pace as they explore what the next generation of personalization in travel can look like.”

Vayo’s private beta offers free, invite-only access initially focused on frequent travelers who feel the planning tax most: those who take multiple trips a year but don’t always have the time to plan them. The beta is designed as a learning period, giving early users a direct role in shaping the product and informing what gets built next. Vayo accesses only the travel confirmations needed to build and manage trips, keeping the rest of a user’s inbox private.

In the months ahead, Vayo plans to add direct booking, launch a native app and make it possible to plan trips with travel companions. It will also go deeper once a trip begins, helping travelers navigate the changes and decisions that come up along the way. The destination is a trusted travel agent in your pocket, for every trip in your life.

The waitlist is open now at vayo.com.

*Intention to invest subject to continued advancement of the product and market conditions.

About Vayo

Vayo, a Booking Holdings (NASDAQ: BKNG) company, is where your trips live. Unlike general assistants built to complete individual tasks, Vayo is a personal travel agent designed around the whole trip. It knows how you travel with unprecedented depth, brings every detail together, and keeps working after booking to make each trip better. It’s like a thousand travel agents working for you, with the care of one who truly knows you. Vayo works across the travel industry, and its only agenda is your agenda. Vayo’s private beta waitlist is open at vayo.com.

About Booking Holdings

Booking Holdings (NASDAQ: BKNG) is the world leader in online travel and services that support the entire travel journey. Our platforms-including Booking.com, Priceline, Agoda, KAYAK and OpenTable – utilize advanced AI, machine learning and other innovative technologies to simplify and personalize the travel experience for consumers and partners in over 220 countries and territories. Our mission is to make it easier for everyone to experience the world. For more information, visit BookingHoldings.com and follow us on X @BookingHoldings.

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Taoping Receives Nasdaq Notification Regarding Minimum Bid Price Deficiency

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TIANJIN, China, Oct. 14, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Taoping Inc. (Nasdaq: TAOP, the “Company”), a provider of cloud-based smart city, Internet of Things and intelligent infrastructure solutions, today announced that on October 13, 2026, it received a written notification letter (the “Notification Letter”) from The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (“Nasdaq”), notifying the Company that it is currently not in compliance with the minimum bid price requirement set forth under Nasdaq Listing Rule 5550(a)(2), which requires listed securities to maintain a minimum bid price of US$1.00 per share.

Nasdaq Listing Rule 5810(c)(3)(A) provides that a failure to meet the minimum bid price requirement exists if the deficiency continues for a period of 30 consecutive business days. Based on the closing bid price of the Company’s ordinary shares for the 30 consecutive business days from August 31, 2026 through October 12, 2026, the Company no longer meets the minimum bid price requirement. This press release is issued pursuant to Nasdaq Listing Rule 5810(b), which requires prompt disclosure of receipt of the Notification Letter.

Pursuant to Nasdaq Listing Rule 5810(c)(3)(A), the Company has a compliance period of 180 calendar days, or until April 12, 2027 (the “Compliance Period”), to regain compliance with Nasdaq’s minimum bid price requirement. If at any time during the Compliance Period the closing bid price of the Company’s ordinary shares is at least US$1.00 for a minimum of ten consecutive business days, Nasdaq will provide the Company with written confirmation of compliance and the matter will be closed. However, if at any time during the Compliance Period the closing bid price of the Company’s ordinary shares is US$0.10 or less for ten consecutive trading days, Nasdaq will issue a delisting determination with respect to the Company’s ordinary shares pursuant to Nasdaq Listing Rule 5810(c)(3)(A)(iii). If the Company chooses to implement a reverse stock split, it must complete the split no later than ten business days prior to April 12, 2027 in order to regain compliance.

In the event the Company does not regain compliance with the minimum bid price requirement by April 12, 2027, the Company may be eligible for an additional 180 calendar day grace period. To qualify, the Company will be required to meet the continued listing requirement for market value of publicly held shares and all other initial listing standards for The Nasdaq Capital Market, with the exception of the bid price requirement, and will need to provide written notice of its intention to cure the deficiency during the second compliance period, by effecting a reverse stock split, if necessary, to Nasdaq. If the Company does not qualify for the second compliance period or fails to regain compliance during the second 180-day period, then Nasdaq will notify the Company of its determination to delist the Company’s ordinary shares, at which point the Company will have an opportunity to appeal the delisting determination to a Hearings Panel.

The Notification Letter has no immediate effect on the listing of the Company’s ordinary shares, which will continue to trade uninterrupted on Nasdaq under the ticker “TAOP”.

The Company intends to monitor the closing bid price of the ordinary shares and may, if appropriate, consider implementing available options to regain compliance with the minimum bid price requirement under Nasdaq Listing Rule 5550(a)(2).

About Taoping Inc.

Taoping Inc. (Nasdaq: TAOP) has a long history of successfully leveraging technology in the development of innovative cloud-based technologies on the Smart City IoT platform, and related products and services. The Company has built a far-reaching city partner ecosystem and comprehensive portfolio of high-value, high-traffic areas for its products, which are aligned together with Taoping’s smart cloud platform, cloud services and solutions, and new media. For more information about Taoping, please visit http://en.taop.com.

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Veeva to Host Virtual Investor Day on November 5, 2026

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PLEASANTON, Calif., Oct. 14, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Veeva Systems (NYSE: VEEV) will host its investor day virtually on Thursday, November 5, 2026. The event will begin at 1:30 p.m. PT and will conclude at approximately 3:30 p.m. PT.

Veeva will broadcast the presentations live on the company’s investor relations website, ir.veeva.com, where a link to the archived webcast will also be available after the event.

Event:           

Veeva Systems’ 2026 Investor Day

Date:           

Thursday, November 5, 2026

Time:           

1:30 p.m. PT (4:30 p.m. ET)

Online event registration can be found on the company’s investor relations website or directly at this link.

Webcast:       

ir.veeva.com

About Veeva Systems
Veeva delivers the industry cloud for life sciences with applications, agents, data, and consulting. Committed to innovation, product excellence, and customer success, Veeva serves more than 1,500 customers, ranging from the world’s largest pharmaceutical companies to emerging biotechs. As a Public Benefit Corporation, Veeva is committed to balancing the interests of all stakeholders, including customers, employees, shareholders, and the industries it serves. For more information, visit veeva.com.

Veeva uses its ir.veeva.com website as a means of disclosing material non-public information, announcing upcoming investor conferences, and for complying with its disclosure obligations under Regulation FD. Accordingly, you should monitor Veeva’s investor relations website in addition to following its press releases, SEC filings, and public conference calls and webcasts.

Investor Relations Contact:

Media Contact:

Gunnar Hansen
Veeva Systems Inc.
267-460-5839
ir@veeva.com

Maria Scurry
Veeva Systems Inc.
781-366-7617
pr@veeva.com

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Etsy to Announce Third Quarter 2026 Financial Results on October 28, 2026

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BROOKLYN, N.Y., Oct. 14, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Etsy, Inc. (NYSE: ETSY), which operates the Etsy marketplace that connects millions of passionate and creative buyers and sellers around the world, plans to release its third quarter financial results before market open on Wednesday, October 28, 2026. At that time, our third quarter 2026 Shareholder Letter will be accessible on the Etsy Investor Relations website (investors.etsy.com).

Etsy will host a webcast conference call to discuss those results at 8:30 a.m. Eastern Time that same day; live-streamed via the Company’s Investor Relations website (investors.etsy.com) under the events section. Publishing research analysts will be provided an opportunity to ask company management live questions on the call. A replay of the webcast will be available through the same link following the conference call starting at 12:00 p.m. Eastern Time that day, for at least three months thereafter.

About Etsy

Etsy, Inc. owns and operates the Etsy marketplace, the global destination for unique and creative goods, connecting millions of creative entrepreneurs with buyers around the world. In a time of increasing automation, it’s our mission to keep human connection at the heart of commerce. That’s why we built a place where creativity lives and thrives because it’s powered by people. We help our community of sellers turn their ideas into successful businesses. Our platform connects them with millions of buyers looking for an alternative—something special with a human touch, for those moments in life that deserve imagination.

Etsy was founded in 2005 and is headquartered in Brooklyn, New York.

Etsy has used, and intends to continue using, its Investor Relations website and the Etsy News Blog (etsy.com/news) to disclose material non-public information and to comply with its disclosure obligations under Regulation FD. Accordingly, you should monitor our investor relations website and the Etsy News Blog in addition to following our press releases, SEC filings, and public conference calls and webcasts.

Investor Relations Contact: 
ir@etsy.com

Media Relations Contact:
press@etsy.com

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