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Airlines always find something to complain about. At last week's IATA annual gathering in Rio, fuel costs weren't the only sore spot — some of the loudest frustrations were aimed at companies making engines and other vital parts. In this week's feature story, we unpack the key AGM themes and biggest talking points, and ask what they mean for the industry's outlook.

Braemar plans to terminate its advisory agreement with Ashford and create its own REIT management team. Plus, hotel development news.

The World Cup handed host cities a global stage. Marketing videos underscore how host cities are using it to reassure a world that has grown more hesitant to book U.S. travel.

Buying and flipping broken hotels is lumpy and cyclical. Highgate's fees for third-party hotel management are a steady drip that keeps the lights on between the big, risky trades.

Not all attendees at virtual meetings are human. AI note-taking bots are proliferating, and although they may assist attendees with note-taking and summaries, they are posing challenges for planners.

Navan is winning large enterprise clients, picking them up when customers reevaluate their vendors in the face of protracted mergers.

Creativity is rarely a straight line — it’s an exploration. This is where planners get fresh ideas for their events.

If AI agents become the next distribution layer, does the decade-long battle between hotels and OTAs even matter anymore?

India's hotel market doesn't need another global chain pretending to be local. Kerten Hospitality's entire bet is that developers have finally figured that out too.

The federal government sold Washington, D.C.,'s former Old Post Office building, now a Waldorf Astoria hotel, to BDT & MSD Partners. Plus, more hotel deal and development news.

AI agents can already help travelers dream up trips. Booking them is harder. Travelport is betting that cleaner access to flights, hotels, and extras will keep travel sellers from looking elsewhere.

Aven, the former Sabre hospitality business, is taking direct aim at a core hotel tech problem: how much legacy infrastructure can still support modern direct booking. Its new booking engine shows what a cleaner rebuild could look like.