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Hilton said the deals underscore confidence in Hilton Garden Inn - Gen A, a prototype built for the China market. Plus, more hotel deal and development news from APAC.

Premium is evolving beyond a product category to become an entire ecosystem. Instead of chasing each other’s offers and upgrades, travel brands should leverage the premium economy through the lens of customers they already interact with.

Even as Marriott builds a walled garden, it is buying real estate in everyone else's. That hedging action is understandable given that no travel company is yet sure where travelers will actually start their searches.

A lawsuit over a hotel's alleged decision to replace a longstanding conference with higher-value NBA Finals business has been settled. But the dispute exposed a contract vulnerability many planners still overlook.

Why settle for just the airfare when you can own the whole holiday?

Amadeus will publicly introduce two hotel AI tools at HITEC, but its bigger play is infrastructure. As AI agents move closer to travel booking, the GDS wants to help define how hotels are found, priced, changed, and paid for.

The centenary deadline may have slipped, but Şeker's broader point is that Turkish Airlines is now big enough that the number of aircraft it operates matters less than what it does with them.

The research firm is betting big on shorter, more intimate forums to reverse a 57% decline in event revenue over three years.

Hotels have chased non-room revenue for years without consolidating the fragmented tech underneath. This acquisition puts one shopping cart and one shared data foundation ahead of any new feature.

Western Europe makes up more than 35% of the high-spending overseas tourist crowd. Federal data shows they’re continuing to pull back on U.S. travel.

A localized Ebola outbreak is leading to a continent-wide demand slump. The mechanism is well understood and almost nothing has been done about it.