Read in browser Today's Brief Travel agencies grew hotel bookings twice as fast as the OTAs - Commissionable room nights rose 11.8% in the first half. The commission per night rose 0.8% — everywhere else in distribution, growth is the thing that gets repriced. Aug 3, 2026 • Hospitality IHG's new AI is attribute-based selling finally finding its interface - For a decade hotels have been able to describe a room feature by feature, and had nowhere to sell it that way. IHG just shipped the storefront — and never used the word. Aug 3, 2026 • Hospitality tambourine Welcome to the end of booking engine fees. With Tambourine One, the booking engine is built directly into the website experience, eliminating the fall-off between website and booking engine. And best of all, we don't charge transaction fees or commissions, so hoteliers keep more of their revenue. Learn more Expedia shows you the price of moving up its results before you pay it - Pay a bit more commission and your listing climbs the OTA's results — Expedia even shows you the new spot before you commit. Aug 3, 2026 • Hospitality The search that used to send you a guest now keeps her - Two of three Google searches now end without a click. The AI answers on the page, and whether it names your hotel is all that's left to win. Aug 3, 2026 • Marketing ... in case you missed it, our Daily Brief July 31, 2026 Advertising   Contact   Legal   © 2026 Hospitality.today™