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 What if you could see your hotel metasearch performance graded like a report card? Your free audit evaluates your property's ad position, parity, and price accuracy, then provides a clear action plan to capture more direct bookings. Request your hotel metasearch audit now. Get my free audit 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™