The GDS terminal is fifteen percent of the channel - Sabre booked 12 million hotel reservations last quarter, 8% more than a year earlier. Almost none of it happened on the screen hoteliers picture when they hear the word GDS..

Sep 7, 2026 • Hospitality

Spotnana bought Troop to make the meetings RFP a booking - Spotnana acquired meetings platform Troop on August 26, and Steve Singh's stated goal is the RFP folded into the booking pipe — the group inquiry your sales office negotiates is the target.

Sep 2, 2026 • Hospitality

Hilton joined Google's new checkout and kept its own - Four days after Google switched on hotel booking inside its AI answer, Hilton announced it is in Google AI Mode, ChatGPT and soon Claude — and every one of those paths ends with the traveler back on Hilton.com.

Sep 2, 2026 • Hospitality

Hotels.com built a business travel mode. The rewards it pays come off your commission. - Ten employer-paid hotel nights a year is exactly what carries a business traveler into One Key's second tier, and the status he buys with his company's money pays out on his own vacations.

Sep 2, 2026 • Hospitality

Seventeen videos sold a suite your hotel doesn't have. Nobody needed your permission. - The suite, the pond and the family-friendly welcome were all generated. The adults-only resort they were selling can't be booked on TikTok at all..

Sep 2, 2026 • Hospitality

The corporate booking tool found your hotel. An AI decided which version to show. - Your corporate rate reaches the booking screen on your terms, at a commission you agreed. Most of what sits beside it got there at a net rate somebody else prices..

Sep 2, 2026 • Hospitality

She charges $350 to plan the trip. Your front desk decides if it was worth it. - More than half of US travel advisors now bill the traveler directly, six figures a year at the top end. Every dollar rests on the guest believing she got him something he couldn't get himself — and that belief is settled at check-in..

Aug 31, 2026 • Hospitality

Booking.com switches off part of your connection on Tuesday - On September 1 Booking.com switches off the old version of the connection that creates your room-and-rate-plan combinations, and the only sign at your property will be a new rate plan that never shows up.

Aug 31, 2026 • Hospitality