How Booking.com's visibility booster torpedos your direct booking strategy - With both “free room upgrade” and “free breakfast” add-ons, you are allowing Booking.com to undercut you and all other OTAs.

Sep 26, 2023 • Hospitality

The tragedy of Google Search - With a landmark antitrust trial under way, a giant of the modern web is buckling under its own weight.

Dec 5, 2023 • Marketing

Six factors hoteliers should watch in 2024 - Although many economists have predicted that the U.S. will avoid a recession in the next 12 months, real gross domestic product is predicted to increase by just 1.5 percent in 2024.

Jan 26, 2024 • Hospitality

Consumers seek second chance in Las Vegas hotel price-fixing case - Consumers have asked a U.S. appeals court to revive their case, calling it a crucial test for antitrust claims involving algorithm-driven pricing.

Sep 30, 2024 • Hospitality

Breaking free from OTAs with paid search - With a strategic approach to people searching their market for rooms, hotels can engage potential guests before they notice or book through OTAs.

Oct 23, 2024 • Marketing

How 'The White Lotus' is changing travel - TV lovers are taking their fandom to the next level and heading to the filming locales of their favorite shows.

Feb 11, 2025 • Hospitality

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

AI reshapes travel marketing - Hotel marketers face an uncertain future as search and booking habits shift under AI's influence.

Jul 21, 2025 • Hospitality