Read in browser Today's Brief Europe vs. Booking.com: The $billion reckoning - Consumer groups and hotel associations launch sweeping legal action against Booking.com, accusing the platform of price manipulation, unfair competition, and misleading travelers for over a decade. Jun 27, 2025 • Hospitality Booking.com denies allegations of price-fixing - The company is rejecting allegations that it kept hotel prices artificially high for over a decade, as a flood of interest in a new mass lawsuit temporarily crashed the Consumers’ Association’s website. Jun 27, 2025 • Hospitality gcommerce Is Your Metasearch Driving Direct Bookings or Losing Them? Your guests are comparing rates right now. Do you know how your hotel is performing? Take our quick metasearch quiz to get your personalized metasearch health score, plus a free expert metasearch analysis. No cost. No commitment. Just clarity. Learn more Built for boom, unready for bust - How the luxury travel industry faces a new recession without its usual safety nets. Jun 27, 2025 • Travel Consumers want more than low prices - Deloitte finds "value for money" now drives spending across all income levels — even the wealthy are choosing brands that deliver more. Jun 27, 2025 • Hospitality Meliá Hotels named most sustainable hotel group in Europe - Meliá ranks second globally in TIME and Statista’s 2025 sustainability index, cementing its leadership in responsible tourism. Jun 27, 2025 • Hospitality The signals behind hotel AI recommendations - Cloudbeds reveals why branded hotels dominate AI results—and what independent properties must do to stay visible in a world beyond Google. Jun 27, 2025 • Marketing ... in case you missed it, our Daily Brief June 26, 2025 Advertising   Contact   Legal   © 2026 Hospitality.today™