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Prism may be listing in India, but its business is increasingly American. The Motel 6 acquisition now drives its profits and defines the purpose of its IPO.

The Chambers Hotel New York in Midtown Manhattan has reopened as a fully independent boutique hotel after a brief period as a Sonder property. Plus, more hotel deal and development news.

A closer look at materials from 10 professional associations identified the most essential elements of a meeting justification letter.

Visa just officially launch a consumer travel site that competes with the banks that pay Visa to issue their cards. That's the real story here, the structural conflict of a payment network establishing direct relationships with cardholders and entering into the banks' own travel businesses.

Walden's successor is set to take over as the destination works to overcome tensions with America and build back business events.

On Monday's Good Morning Hospitality, A Skift Podcast, Brandreth Canaley, Michael Goldin, and Jamie Lane break down who is actually winning in travel distribution and what the risks look like…

Accor’s real prize isn’t more hotels. It’s a direct line to H World’s 310 million loyalty members.

The senior planner's job in 2026 looks nothing like the 2019 version. Costs are surging while budgets stay flat. Planning windows have collapsed to under three months. The workforce is thinner than it's been in a decade. The job changed; the playbook didn't.

Best Western's parent group is about 10% smaller by room count than it was in 2019. CEO Larry Cuculic says he's changing that, partly by adding upmarket brands.

Attending the same conference every year used to be a given. Now employees have to fight for it.

Two near-identical launches in five weeks prove that creator-led travel commerce is here. The hard part now is proving that a reel can turn into a booking, and deciding how much the companies are willing to spend before they have that proof.