Alibaba folds travel app into core business amid strategic overhaul - Travel app Fliggy merges with Alibaba’s main e-commerce unit as the company streamlines operations and refocuses on user-centric services in a tightening market.

Jun 24, 2025 • Hospitality

How secondary OTAs are disrupting hotel rate strategy - As non-major booking platforms multiply, independent hotels face growing challenges to rate parity, direct sales, and digital control.

Jun 24, 2025 • Hospitality

Hotel giants take on Booking.com in landmark lawsuit - European hoteliers seek billions in damages over years of alleged commission overcharges and unfair pricing clauses.

Jun 17, 2025 • Hospitality

How Marriott is using AI to rethink room assignments - Piloting practical AI tools, Marriott and others in hospitality show that small, focused innovations can drive scalable transformation — one use case at a time.

Jun 17, 2025 • Hospitality

WhatsApp introduces ads - Meta’s messaging app begins showing ads for the first time, opening new revenue streams while pledging to protect end-to-end encryption.

Jun 17, 2025 • Marketing

Spain’s summer of unrest - Anti-tourism protests erupt across Spain as locals push back against overcrowding, rising rents, and the hidden costs of mass travel.

Jun 17, 2025 • Travel

Airbnb hits back, blames hotels for Europe's overtourism - As protests erupt across southern Europe, Airbnb defends its role and accuses the hotel industry of driving overcrowding and housing shortages in tourist hotspots.

Jun 17, 2025 • Travel

Travel advisors navigate a year of extremes - Luxury last-minute trips and far-in-advance planning define a volatile 2025 travel landscape.

Jun 17, 2025 • Travel