How OTAs comply with California's junk fee law - Booking.com, Airbnb, and Expedia/Vrbo are all complying with California's new junk-fee transparency law, but their approaches vary widely.

Jul 4, 2024 • Hospitality

How "shoulder season" became popular with tourists - As people seek to avoid extreme heat and beat the crowds, off-season travel is more popular than ever.

Jul 4, 2024 • Travel

The smarter way to spend $1,000 a night on a hotel room - If you're paying through the nose for your hotels, shouldn't you at least maximize what you're getting? Here's a strategy for doing just that.

Jul 4, 2024 • Hospitality

Latest threats and best practices for securing guest data - A new Shiji white paper explores the evolving landscape, highlighting emerging risks and effective strategies to protect guest data and ensure business resiliency.

Jul 3, 2024 • Hospitality

Hotels, OTAs and DMA - HOTREC's 2024 Hotel Distribution Study explores the latest trends in the European accommodation industry and reveals how consumers book hotel rooms.

Jul 3, 2024 • Hospitality

Paris hotels face low demand as Olympics approach - Hotel occupancy rates in the French capital are well below average as bad weather, combined with Olympic-related transport problems and price hikes, keep summer tourists away.

Jul 3, 2024 • Hospitality

What's a world without Airbnb? - How will Barcelona's ban on short-term rentals by 2028 and similar measures in other major cities affect our travel habits?.

Jul 3, 2024 • Hospitality

Business travel rebounds even as companies cut costs - Even as companies prioritize video calls over in-person meetings and cut back on non-essential travel, 2024 will be a strong year for the industry.

Jul 3, 2024 • Travel