The travel industry, digested. Curated opinion on hotels, airlines, OTAs and travel-tech.
Read → Travel brands are dropping heavily produced campaigns and giving creative control to creators. According to Skift, the shift changes how tourism marketing works.
Read → Most hotels don't have a technology problem but an application one. The first step isn't the software, it's knowing which process actually hurts.
Read → Hilton unveils an optional clean energy prototype for Home2 Suites targeting 30% higher efficiency and up to 40% lower annual energy costs.
Read → Business travel confidence hits its 2026 high while IHG launches a new brand in Jordan, Riu reopens Mexico and Civitatis already books 40% of its revenue in Latin America.
Read → Burt and Alex Cabañas are backing a $30M fund that tracks a single metric: NUM. And that says a lot about where hospitality money is heading.
Read → The Bali resort replaces its scattered restaurant operation with Infrasys and frees staff to focus on what actually matters: the guest.
Read → IHG Hotels & Resorts partners with the Chicken Shop Date creator for a global campaign featuring a loyalty-exclusive package at three US properties.
Read → Nonius launches a unified guest messaging inbox that links WhatsApp, SMS and in-app chat with the PMS, mobile key and in-room TV.
Read → A hotel owner and operator with 30 years in the business puts it bluntly: lenders hate surprises. So the relationship has to be built when you don't need the money.
Read → Google AI Mode shortens the choice phase and the Philippines launches a tourism assistant with no DOT data. Sales get won inside the resort.
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