Travel stocks tumble as airlines warn of slowing demand - Expedia, Airbnb, and cruise operators hit hard amid economic uncertainty and airline forecast cuts.

Mar 12, 2025 • Travel

Booking.com and OpenAI personalize travel at scale - By combining its data with OpenAI’s LLMs, Booking.com enables smarter search, quicker support, and intent-driven travel.

Mar 24, 2025 • Hospitality

Brand USA hit with major funding cut in new budget bill - Tourism agency forced to scale back as federal matching funds drop from $100M to $20M despite upcoming global events and recovery needs.

Jul 4, 2025 • Hospitality

American Express reveals 2023 top travel trends - More than half of respondents say they plan to take more trips and are planning to spend more money on travel in 2023 than 2022.

Mar 24, 2023 • Travel

Booking offers concessions to EU - Booking Holdings has offered to make concessions to the EU in order to win the approval of its €1.6bn purchase of Sweden’s Etraveli Group.

Jul 31, 2023 • Hospitality

Hotel giants defend benchmarking in price-fixing suit - A group of high-end hotels have asked a U.S. judge to dismiss claims that they improperly shared data to keep room prices artificially high, calling the case "fanciful".

May 21, 2024 • Hospitality

Booking.com considers appeal against mega fine - The OTA strongly disagrees with the outcome of the CNMC investigation and plans to appeal the "unprecedented decision".

Aug 1, 2024 • Hospitality

Inflation impact still curbing US travel demand - Booking.com says the impact of inflation is still dampening travel demand in the US, with price-conscious consumers waiting longer to plan vacations.

Dec 18, 2024 • Travel