Read in browser Today's Brief Marriott solved the discovery problem. It traded one intermediary for another. - What the Google AI Mode partnership reveals about who sets the terms when discovery happens inside someone else's platform. Jul 2, 2026 • Hospitality Booking is booking more rooms than ever. Its stock is priced like the model is breaking. - The company booked a record 1.2 billion room nights in 2025 and its shares are down 15% this year — the market is pricing agentic disintermediation before a single AI agent has booked a hotel at scale. Jul 2, 2026 • Hospitality Cendyn Is your 2027 hotel marketing budget ready for what’s next? AI search, rising acquisition costs, and changing traveler behavior are rewriting hotel marketing. This guide reveals where to invest in 2027 to strengthen visibility, drive direct bookings, and maximize marketing ROI. Download the guide Marriott built a private pipe for corporate travel. Now it wants the buyers to use it. - Marriott's corporate booking tool routes straight into its own reservation system, signing accounts at four times the expected pace — and the company now says it's pushing managed-travel buyers to book direct. Jul 2, 2026 • Hospitality Cloudbeds is quietly building for the hotels it used to send elsewhere - The platform known for running independents just shipped group-sales tools, a 4,000-room calendar, and hotel-standard accounting — the toolkit of the enterprise systems it used to sit beneath. Jul 2, 2026 • Hospitality The AI detour ends where it started: on Google - Google reports 62% of travelers come back to it to book after going deep with AI — then previews the checkout meant to end the round trip. Jul 2, 2026 • Marketing ... in case you missed it, our Daily Brief July 1, 2026 Advertising   Contact   Legal   © 2026 Hospitality.today™