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Raising taxes is easy — actually reducing visitor numbers is the problem Amsterdam hasn't solved.

Although there are no longer any restrictions on events in Iran since the ceasefire, there is still little demand from businesses and attendees. Event planners remain unemployed and under pressure.

Connectivity has become a foundational layer of the travel experience. As the smartphone becomes the control point for travel, reliable connection is becoming less about convenience and more about trust.

Travel is the only major industry getting hit from both directions at once: AI search volumes are exploding without converting while total AI token bills internally are rising.

CEO Sébastien Bazin said an Ennismore IPO is "one of four or five" possible fates for the lifestyle joint venture. In M&A-speak, that means Accor's board hasn't decided yet.

The electric and hybrid plane dream is alive, but the funding model that gets it there still needs to be figured out.

First-timers spend more per trip. Repeat visitors spend less. But the math still favors loyalty.

India's two biggest airlines spent the last few years expanding aggressively abroad. IndiGo leased wide-body aircraft for the first time. Air India was looking to rebuild into a world-class global carrier. Both are now in retreat, at least temporarily, from some of those ambitions.

Senior planners often say they feel trapped in their roles, with no upward mobility. The good news is that there is opportunity beyond the meeting department.

Is Brian Chesky development of a new AI Lab outside of Airbnb an acknowledgement that building AI capabilities within Airbnb hasn't been up to par? Or are some tech developments like AI too large to sit out without having more skin in the game?

A $19 million construction project has started on the AC Hotel by Marriott CityCentre Houston. Plus, more hotel deal and development news.