The EU fined Google for burying its rivals in hotel search. The hotel was never one of them. - Brussels fined Google €460 million on Thursday for putting its own Hotels, Flights and Shopping above competing services — and on Google's own published record, its fix for that has been to hand more of the page to comparison sites..

Jul 24, 2026 • Hospitality

Booking Holdings calls it the Connected Trip. A European court calls it a way into your hotel business. - Booking.com's owner fought three years to buy Europe's biggest flight seller. The case against the deal was that a bigger Booking.com is bad for hotels. The court found no proof of that, and blocked the deal anyway..

Sep 21, 2026 • Hospitality

Europe’s tourism rebound predicted to continue into 2023 - Travel to Europe recovered to 75% of 2019 volumes last year, a new European Travel Commission report has confirmed.

Feb 17, 2023 • Travel

STR expands forward-looking data to more markets - The company has expanded its forward-looking offering to 104 new markets/submarkets in the United States and Canada.

Mar 31, 2023 • Hospitality

STR expands forward-looking data to more markets - The company has expanded its forward-looking offering to 104 new markets/submarkets in the United States and Canada.

Mar 31, 2023 • Hospitality

Accor on designing hotels for locals - Accor's CEO of Accor Sébastien Bazin strongly suggests that hotels today should be designed for locals.

May 17, 2023 • Hospitality

HSMAI: Dark social traffic likely to grow for hotel websites - Dark social refers to the phenomenon of sharing content through private channels, such as direct messaging or email, making it difficult to track or measure.

May 22, 2023 • Marketing

Corporate travel budgets to rise through 2024 - But virtual meetings adoption could quickly pick up further in an economic downturn if corporates have to cut cost, according to Morgan Stanley.

Jun 16, 2023 • Travel

The new travel features coming with Apple iOS 17 - Multiple new travel features will provide seamless travel experiences for Apple users.

Jun 16, 2023 • Travel