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Choice Hotels looking to buy Wyndham Hotels & Resorts - Choice Hotels International is seeking to buy Wyndham Hotels & Resorts in a deal that would create a U.S. budget hotel giant.

May 24, 2023 • Hospitality

STR: April U.S. hotel occupancy slips, rates moderate - Among STR’s top 25 markets, New York reported the highest occupancy level in April at 82.6%.

May 24, 2023 • Hospitality

Is pent-up travel demand at an end? It depends - Has the pent-up demand that helped fuel a surge in travel as the pandemic ebbed finally run its course?.

May 24, 2023 • Travel

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The Hotels Network named best direct booking tool

The Hotels Network has been named 2023’s #1 Direct Booking Tool by Hotel Tech Report, and placed as a finalist in the Parity Management Solution category.

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Tripadvisor reveals top-rated hotels in 2023 - Tripadvisor announces the winners of its 2023 Travellers’ Choice Best of the Best Hotel Awards.

May 24, 2023 • Hospitality

Middle-aged millennials out-spending boomers on luxury travel - And the world's old-money hotels are now battling to appeal to the tastes of the more recently rich.

May 24, 2023 • Travel

Welcome to Hotel Netflix? - Today's modern guests don't just want to make a reservation. They want their preferences, interests and needs to be understood by their brands.

May 24, 2023 • Hospitality

Skift CEO Rafat Ali on the company’s new AI chatbot - This month, Skift announced an AI chatbot called Ask Skift that readers can ping with questions.

May 24, 2023 • Travel

Microsoft beefs up ChatGPT and Bing in wide-ranging AI product launch - Among key changes is the rollout of live search results from Bing to ChatGPT.

May 24, 2023 • Marketing

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