AI-generated itineraries are flawed: travel agents are sounding the alarm
Read → Travel agencies are warning about a spike in AI-created itineraries with serious logistical and scheduling errors, forcing professionals to redo them before any booking can happen.
Plan your summer communication or improvise in September
Read → Summer planning avoids September chaos and boosts communication strategy effectiveness for hotels and travel agencies.
Agentic AI now books travel for us
Read → Phocuswright Europe 2026 in Barcelona previews agentic travel commerce: AI books travel without human intervention. Booking.com and Google are already developing it.
Families now make up 27.8% of tourism in Spain
Read → In 2025, families account for 27.8% of tourism in Spain, with 26.9 million travelers and spending 35.676 billion euros.
Civitatis signs Despegar and Almundo to conquer Latin America
Read → Civitatis accelerates in Latin America with deals with Despegar and Almundo. CEO Andrés Spitzer reveals they are targeting airlines and that Mexico is already their second global market.
Balearic Islands leads hotel investment in Spain: €556M in a quarter
Read → Hotel investment in Spain hits €1.35 billion in Q2, led by the Balearic Islands. Domestic capital dominates and 86% goes to 4- and 5-star hotels.
PriceLabs now works from mobile, with AI and via API
Read → The revenue management platform PriceLabs expands: mobile app, integration with Claude and open API. All connected to the same pricing engine.
Internal AI Builder: the job travel needs right now
Read → Mews creates an 'Internal AI Builder' role to automate finance, HR and hotel operations. It's not a robot replacing people: it's a human profile who builds the tools that do the heavy lifting. This is the employment model of the future.
Airlines can now charge for luggage: new EU regulation approved
Read → European Parliament approves baggage fees and strengthens passenger rights with up to €600 compensation for delays and cancellations.
Accor opens the largest ibis budget in Iberia in Barcelona's 22@ district
Read → The new ibis budget Barcelona Center, with 189 rooms, strengthens Accor's commitment to sustainable budget hospitality in the city's tech district.