HSMAI DC returns with its commercial leadership forum on hotels
Read → On October 7, MGM National Harbor hosts HSMAI DC's DMV Commercial Leadership Forum, focused on AI, commercial alignment and next-gen leadership.
Apaleo and IDeaS deepen their revenue integration
Read → Apaleo and IDeaS expand their integration to automate pricing, forecasting, overbooking, LOS and LRV in real time from the PMS.
Hilton Spark UK, Apaleo and IDeaS, Lindblad, Binter, Azores Airlines, GetYourGuide and Chatham Lodging
Read → Hilton pushes its economy brand in the UK, Apaleo and IDeaS sharpen hotel revenue control and Binter joins the race for Azores Airlines.
Starlink, Google redesigns hotel search in Europe, Booking, Thierry Marx and the direct channel
Read → Starlink becomes a must-have on board at 500,000 dollars per plane, Google reshuffles its European travel search in favour of OTAs, and the French hotel front against Booking fades.
Tourism already has its tax and nobody calls it by name
Read → The tourist tax went from funding infrastructure to managing crowds. Nobody says out loud what it really is.
Federal per-diem climbs again: $113 a night for CONUS
Read → The GSA raises the standard lodging allowance 2.7% for fiscal 2027 after a flat year. Seven-year growth now sits at 18%.
Google changes its hotel search in Europe to dodge fines
Read → The new hotel and flight results interface in Europe aims to avoid EU regulator sanctions. What changes and why it matters to you.
Google strips rates from its EU hotel search unit
Read → Google's EU hotel unit loses live pricing and date filters under the DMA. Hotels keep only name, address and a link.
Air India, hotel upselling, vacation rental, Cloudbeds, Aromar, Miami, Restbike
Read → Conditioned cash for Air India, the value of human upselling, STR model in shrinking places and the change in Spain's Miami tourism office.
Hotel loyalty points are a margin play, not a cost
Read → Exely's data shows tiered rewards tied to direct bookings reduce OTA dependency, lowering re-acquisition costs and protecting profit.