Read in browser Today's Brief The room's the same. You wouldn't recognize who's buying it now. - You gave a wholesaler a net rate and an allotment to fill your soft weeks, and that part still works the way you think it does. Where the room goes next — and who walks away owning the guest — is a deal you never actually signed.. Jul 20, 2026 • Hospitality Your wholesaler isn't worried about AI - RateHawk's Felix Shpilman isn't worried about AI: it takes the recommendation and leaves the booking to his pipe, so the agent is just the next buyer in his line. Jul 20, 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 Travel's creator economy quietly became a room-distribution channel - Affiliate is now creators' top income source, because a commission link books rooms a brand can finally count — and on TikTok Go those rooms are yours. Jul 20, 2026 • Hospitality Hilton is pointing 250 million members at retention and calling it discovery - Chris Nassetta wants next-gen AI to mine Hilton's 250 million loyalty members for tailored offers. That sharpens how Hilton talks to the guests it already has — and does nothing to win the traveler asking an AI which hotel to book. Jul 20, 2026 • Hospitality A room full of hotel CIOs just described your biggest advantage - At a closed-door session, the tech chiefs of Radisson, Wyndham and Choice spelled out what keeps a big brand slow — split budgets, the franchisee vote, tangled data ownership. An independent owner has none of it.. Jul 20, 2026 • Hospitality ... in case you missed it, our Daily Brief July 17, 2026 Advertising   Contact   Legal   © 2026 Hospitality.today™