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NewsRevenue & DistributionOctober 8, 2026

Your Black Friday offer is ready. What about your sender reputation?

Read → Hospitality Net has published a pre-Black Friday checklist for hotel email campaigns: sender reputation, list hygiene and authentication before you hit send.

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NewsHotel TechnologyOctober 8, 2026

Hoxell rebrands in Rimini and bets on the digital worker

Read → Hotel tech firm Hoxell relaunches its brand at TTG Rimini, moving from a task tool to a cross-departmental platform with agentic AI.

NewsHotelsOctober 8, 2026

Hotel upselling: selling more or serving better?

Read → An intern at GRACE La Margna in St. Moritz asks the awkward question: do commission-based upsell incentives drive genuine service or just sales pressure?

NewsRevenue & DistributionOctober 8, 2026

Booking no longer means the decision is made: travelers keep comparing

Read → McKinsey points out that booking has stopped being the end of the purchase journey. For hotels and OTAs, that changes how the funnel is measured and when you can still influence travelers.

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NewsRevenue & DistributionOctober 8, 2026

Travelers pay more just to be able to cancel

Read → 58% of travelers pick free cancellation even when it costs more. Booking anxiety rules the checkout and nonrefundable rates keep losing.

NewsAirlinesOctober 7, 2026

Alaska Airlines wants to stop being a regional carrier

Read → Alaska Airlines is setting its sights on dominating the West Coast and opening international routes, its chief commercial officer tells Skift. Hub limits and Delta pressure are the brakes.

NewsArtificial IntelligenceOctober 7, 2026

Amex GBT sells trust, and its AI gets audited for it

Read → Amex GBT builds its AI governance around trust, according to its privacy lead. For business travel, that is where the real edge sits.

NewsArtificial IntelligenceOctober 7, 2026

Travel AI will be judged on productivity, not convenience

Read → Skift nails the point: travel AI wins when it removes work without removing what travelers actually want to enjoy.

NewsHotel TechnologyOctober 7, 2026

Your hotel robots work, your staff might not

Read → A review of 129 studies shows hotel robot deployments deliver operationally but dent staff engagement when the human side is ignored.

NewsTendenciasOctober 7, 2026

Marriott warns: in Asia Pacific, the restaurant no longer rules

Read → Marriott's Future of Food 2027 report paints a diner chasing the hyperlocal and breaking the classic restaurant format. An opportunity for hotels with judgement.

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