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Hoshino cracked the code budget hotels have ignored for decades — OMO makes money by sending guests out the door.

Some companies have had it with no-shows and started charging a penalty. Others say that only makes them a target on social media. 

Hotel teams already have too many dashboards. Ernest has to prove it can simplify commercial work, not become one more place to check.

Most hospitality groups are shedding real estate. a&o is picking it up at distressed prices — a contrarian move that works up until the deals, or the lenders, run dry.

Klook has no grand OTA ambitions, at least for now. Its bigger bet is that AI can smooth out the messiness of experiences booking and help it deepen its lead in the category while pulling travelers into adjacent trip spend.

Major hotel groups are betting a domestic tourism boom in India can withstand a broader consumer spending slowdown and stock market slump. Plus, more hotel deal and development news from APAC.

One person connects the Amex GBT take-private, Airbnb’s board, a $10.75 billion travel loyalty startup, and Berkshire Hathaway’s governance committee.

Meeting planners are rethinking conference networking. Here’s how Louisville is creating more experiential attendee connections.

Apple's rebuilt Siri is not booking trips. But it is getting better at understanding the messy context around them.

As meetings become increasingly vulnerable to political tensions and activism, planners are forced to decide where to draw the line between free expression and disruption.

One immigration attorney calls the latest U.S. travel fee a step toward a two-tiered system: one path for the rich, another for everyone else.

Jefferies described its NYU/NAREIT meetings as being among the most constructive in recent memory. Plus, other hotel deal and development news.