A break from the accommodation mega-sites - Airbnb and Booking.com are the market leaders, but a new wave of smaller accommodation platforms are offering an alternative – and trying to give something back to local communities.

Jan 15, 2025 • Hospitality

Start driving more direct bookings through Google - Google allows hotels to add free booking links that display direct rates alongside OTA rates with a link to your booking page.

Jan 17, 2025 • Hospitality

Will Operator give hotels the edge or strengthen OTAs? - OpenAI’s latest tool, Operator, promises to reshape travel booking - can hotels leverage AI to reclaim direct control, or will OTAs continue to dominate?.

Mar 11, 2025 • Hospitality

Short-term rentals reshaping Europe’s tourism landscape - As hotel growth stalls, short-term rentals are reshaping tourism—tightening housing markets and straining local resources across Europe.

Jul 17, 2025 • Hospitality

Berlin court rules hotels can claim damages from Booking.com - Over 1,000 German hotels confirmed to have compensation rights for anticompetitive price parity clauses used across Europe.

Dec 17, 2025 • Hospitality

eDreams Odigeo has ambitious U.S. growth plans - The company's subscription model is key to its success and its growing adoption in the U.S..

Mar 6, 2023 • Hospitality

Hilton looks to partnerships in experiential travel push - Hilton Honors members seek more experiences, and offering these will foster loyalty and increase Hilton's share of their spending.

Apr 18, 2024 • Hospitality

Feeling Google's latest core update? Here's what hotels should be doing - The March 2024 Core Update marks a significant change to Google's search algorithms and policies, targeting spam and low-quality content online.

May 17, 2024 • Marketing