Booking.com bets on connected trip to counter AI disruption - Ambitious platform vision faces significant execution gaps and uncertain competitive prospects.

Feb 18, 2026 • Hospitality

Hilton uses AI to bring travelers back to direct booking channels - By embedding trip planning on its own website, the brand aims to capture demand earlier and reduce reliance on intermediaries.

Mar 17, 2026 • Hospitality

China’s travel-hungry citizens are emerging much changed - The Chinese tourists we will welcome this year and in the coming years are very different from those who came before.

Mar 15, 2023 • Travel

Travel buyers focus more on green travel alternatives, rather than alternatives to travel - While companies stepping up to the climate challenge, questions remain about how much they are cutting unnecessary travel.

Jun 21, 2023 • Travel

Higher hotel rates drive expectations for performance improvements - Due to strong ADR growth, STR revised the 2023 U.S. hotel forecast up to 5% growth in revenue per available room.

Jul 4, 2023 • Hospitality

Northstar/Cvent Meetings Industry Pulse, June 2023 - Meeting planners remain optimistic about future events amid solid demand and bookings, but post-Covid optimism as waned somewhat.

Jul 11, 2023 • Travel

The real cost of direct hotel bookings - As the trend of booking hotels directly continues to grow, a recent report from D-Edge examines its sources and offers insights into optimizing distribution strategies.

Mar 4, 2024 • Hospitality

Hotels cope with the aftermath of the global IT outage - Outage affected reservation systems, room locks and point-of-sale systems, causing widespread inconvenience to guests and staff.

Jul 22, 2024 • Hospitality