Hotels adapt to the rise of bleisure travel - Work and leisure are merging, reshaping guest expectations and driving hotel innovation.

Sep 18, 2025 • Hospitality

Kayak bets on AI search to change booking behavior - Travel platforms rush into conversational AI, but travelers may not follow as quickly.

Sep 18, 2025 • Hospitality

Tiktok avoids US ban after last-minute deal - A framework deal between the U.S. and China keeps Tiktok online, preserving a vital travel marketing channel to 170 million American users.

Sep 16, 2025 • Hospitality

Amex Travel’s first app is here — but it’s more polish than breakthrough - Hotel perks, lounge wait times, and blockchain “souvenirs” are in the mix, but the new app feels more like a tidy repackaging than a travel revolution.

Sep 16, 2025 • Hospitality

The quiet gold rush in online travel - Why banks, airlines, and retailers are now the biggest growth engine for online travel giants.

Sep 16, 2025 • Hospitality

Airbnb wants to be more than your vacation app - Brian Chesky’s decade-long bet: AI concierges, real-world communities, and an Amazon-style “everything” platform for travel and living.

Sep 16, 2025 • Hospitality

How hotels are using eSIMs to outsmart OTAs - A gigabyte of mobile data might not sound like much — but for travelers, it’s instant connectivity, and for hotels, it’s a new weapon in the booking wars.

Sep 15, 2025 • Hospitality

Personalization was supposed to save hotel loyalty programs - Instead, it’s exposing the gaps in data, tech, and strategy that leave guests unimpressed.

Sep 12, 2025 • Hospitality