Read in browser Today's Brief AI-native distribution is the one thing Google won't build - Google is building a place to bid for the click, not a way to finish the booking — leaving real AI-native distribution, which the GDS has run for forty years, open to every other assistant. Jun 30, 2026 • Hospitality Visa is now a travel platform, and the hotel is the one thing it didn't build for - Visa Destinations went live in 10 cities with direct deals for the Louvre, Disneyland Paris and Printemps — and for hotels, a link to the collection it already had. Jun 30, 2026 • Hospitality Cendyn Is your 2027 hotel marketing budget ready for what’s next? AI search, rising acquisition costs, and changing traveler behavior are rewriting hotel marketing. This guide reveals where to invest in 2027 to strengthen visibility, drive direct bookings, and maximize marketing ROI. Download the guide A bank is now America's sixth-biggest seller of travel - Chase Travel is the No. 6 seller of travel in the US on $12.6 billion in sales — and it sells travel by owning the loyalty currency travelers spend, not the inventory. When it quietly cut what those points are worth, it showed a control no OTA has.. Jun 30, 2026 • Hospitality Travelers aren't using AI to find your hotel. They're using it to be sure about it. - Two-thirds of pre-booking queries on Trip.com's AI are about conditions, not price — and unclear terms lose the booking. Jun 30, 2026 • Hospitality Hotel connectivity stopped being plumbing - Within a day of each other, Expedia and RateHawk reframed connectivity as the condition for competing in hotel distribution — and the control hotels say they won't give up is the price of entry. Jul 17, 2026 • Hospitality ... in case you missed it, our Daily Brief June 29, 2026 Advertising   Contact   Legal   © 2026 Hospitality.today™