The travel industry, digested. Curated opinion on hotels, airlines, OTAs and travel-tech.
Read → The GSA raises the standard lodging allowance 2.7% for fiscal 2027 after a flat year. Seven-year growth now sits at 18%.
Read → GBTA closes its 2026 convention with a record forecast for corporate spend and a clear message: tech helps, but human support still rules.
Read → A supplier argues that wooden cards engraved with trip details work better as souvenirs than as plain access credentials.
Read → The new hotel and flight results interface in Europe aims to avoid EU regulator sanctions. What changes and why it matters to you.
Read → The hotel group funds seagrass conservation through its foundation, not its operating budget, according to Skift.
Read → Google's EU hotel unit loses live pricing and date filters under the DMA. Hotels keep only name, address and a link.
Read → A Revinate webinar with Suncadia Resort's Director of Reservations puts the phone call back at the centre of capturing guest data and closing direct bookings.
Read → Latin American hotel developers misread what investors expect. The problem is not a lack of money. It is a lack of readiness to receive it.
Read → Anthropic's August 2026 Risk Report flags four risks that hit hotels, airlines and OTAs hard. Almost nobody has read it.
Read → Marriott CEO Anthony Capuano says AI's biggest impact so far is on distribution, how travelers discover hotels online. That's just the start.
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