Virtuoso Travel Week 2025: The new rules of luxury travel - From AI disruption to Gen Z influence, five issues shaping the future of luxury advisors.

Aug 18, 2025 • Hospitality

Online hotel bookings have tipped again towards OTAs - Expedia, Booking.com and others have retaken more than half of all online hotel bookings in the recovery era.

Apr 11, 2023 • Hospitality

Google tests “nearby” hotel ads with direct booking buttons - New ad format in Maps and Search highlights nearby hotels with prominent “Book” links to drive direct reservations via OTAs and hotel websites.

Jul 8, 2025 • Hospitality

Review of the Expedia plugin for ChatGPT - The integration can make it significantly easier to research travel options and book a trip.

Mar 29, 2023 • Hospitality

How Google’s AI is rewriting the rules of hotel discovery - AI-driven travel predictions are replacing traditional search—hotels that fail to adapt risk losing visibility and bookings.

Jul 2, 2025 • Hospitality

Barcelona to ban all short-term rentals by 2029 - Spanish city has announced plans to ban renting apartments to tourists from 2028 in a bid to reduce housing costs for residents.

Jun 24, 2024 • Travel

Hotels are losing OTA ground - Booking.com’s booming supply of rentals and alternative stays keeps the lights on while hotels slip.

Sep 9, 2025 • Hospitality

Booking.com customers targeted by scam emails - The OTA strenuously denied its system has been hacked and blamed the email systems of its partner hotels.

Oct 24, 2023 • Hospitality