Read in browser Today's Brief The EU fined Google for burying its rivals in hotel search. The hotel was never one of them. - Brussels fined Google €460 million on Thursday for putting its own Hotels, Flights and Shopping above competing services — and on Google's own published record, its fix for that has been to hand more of the page to comparison sites.. Jul 24, 2026 • Hospitality US hotels have the brands, the apps and the points. The OTAs still take the booking. - Phocuswright's new US market data puts hotels at nearly two-thirds of all OTA gross bookings — in the one country that built its entire lodging industry around brand.com. Jul 24, 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 The independent wholesaler didn't die. It became a giant. - You keep a few wholesalers in the mix so you're not all-in on Booking. It's the right instinct — but look hard at what those wholesalers have turned into.. Jul 24, 2026 • Hospitality The franchise agreement decides what the AI knows about your hotel - 579 reviews and a 4.4 rating, built over 18 years, stayed with the brand when the hotel walked away from it. The brand owns the Google page — and the Google page is what the AI reads.. Jul 24, 2026 • Hospitality The AI cares more about your eco-certificate than your guests do - Twelve models over-weight eco-certification when they pick a hotel. On September 27 the badge you wrote yourself becomes illegal — and the one that replaces it arrives with a price list.. Jul 24, 2026 • Hospitality ... in case you missed it, our Daily Brief July 22, 2026 Advertising   Contact   Legal   © 2026 Hospitality.today™