Read in browser Today's Brief The audience for your guest reviews is no longer a guest - Your reviews now answer the traveler's questions, sit in Google's booking conversation, and decide which hotel an assistant names. Almost nobody reads them.. Sep 14, 2026 • Hospitality Airbnb charges you less than Booking.com. Its CEO told investors what comes after. - Chesky told Goldman Sachs independent hotels came to Airbnb for the lower commission, then sized a paid-placement business built on those same hotels at a billion dollars.. Sep 14, 2026 • Hospitality Metadesk The one metric quietly costing you direct bookings The metric most hoteliers ignore is the one quietly handing rooms to OTAs. Your reports won't flag it, but your revenue feels it. See what you missed. Download now Booking Holdings just told investors its most discounted guests are a growing majority of its room nights - Level 2 and 3 Genius members booked a high-50% share of Booking.com room nights last quarter, up from a year ago, and they arrive entitled to as much as 15 or 20 percent off your rate.. Sep 14, 2026 • Hospitality Marriott stopped letting anyone else describe its rooms to corporate buyers - Marriott now sends its own photos and a traveler's Bonvoy balance straight into corporate booking tools, down a line it built for itself beside the GDS. Sep 14, 2026 • Hospitality Google promises hotels they keep the guest. Read who "you" is in that sentence. - Google's lodging page guarantees that the merchant of record keeps the customer relationship, and on an independent's AI Mode booking the merchant of record is the OTA. Sep 14, 2026 • Hospitality ... in case you missed it, our Daily Brief September 11, 2026 Advertising   Contact   Legal   © 2026 Hospitality.today™