Read in browser Today's Brief Beyond the RFP — Corporate bookings have moved. Is your distribution keeping up? - GDS is growing, the TMC landscape is shifting, and rate leakage is costing hotels more than they realize. Mar 17, 2026 • Hospitality Middle East travel disruption exposes booking channel gap - Airline direct bookings prove more resilient as OTA customers face delays, confusion, and split responsibility. Mar 17, 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 prepares for AI-driven travel discovery - As trip planning shifts to conversational interfaces, maintaining visibility within AI ecosystems becomes a strategic priority. Mar 17, 2026 • Hospitality Hilton uses AI to bring travelers back to direct booking channels - By embedding trip planning on its own website, the brand aims to capture demand earlier and reduce reliance on intermediaries. Mar 17, 2026 • Hospitality Conversational booking arrives on hotel websites - Natural language interfaces replace traditional booking flows, enabling more intuitive and higher-converting guest interactions. Mar 17, 2026 • Hospitality Google Maps adds conversational search - AI-powered interfaces turn mapping into a more intuitive, decision-driven travel experience. Mar 17, 2026 • Hospitality ... in case you missed it, our Daily Brief March 16, 2026 Advertising   Contact   Legal   © 2026 Hospitality.today™