2025 Archives

Expedia and Booking are trying to be both the storefront and the supply chain. AI is squeezing the middle, and “doing both” starts to look less like diversification and more like diluted power.

There was too much logic to keep this Exclusive Resorts-Inspirato merger from taking place. And there was too much illogic in Inspirato's abandoned combination with car marketplace Buyerlink.

Wellness has shifted from a desirable add-on to an essential value driver for the hospitality sector. Peloton’s new report reveals how high-impact wellness design, programming, and technology are now shaping guest decision-making and outlines what hospitality executives must do to stay ahead.

Prism will ask shareholders this weekend to approve a $744 million IPO. What it isn’t saying, yet, is the valuation it’s aiming for. After years of expansion, restructuring, and mixed financials, the unanswered question is what the company is actually worth.

India has its landscapes and diversity locked behind a meagre tourism promotion budget. No wonder its Asia-Pacific counterparts are clearly winning.

United rewrote its mobile boarding, disruption handling, and personalization by weaving AI throughout its app — not just layering on a chatbot. The real question is whether the automations will ultimately help smooth travel or, by introducing errors or hallucinations, add to the travel friction.

A merger would save Spirit from shutting down, but the combined companies would still face a tough environment for ultra-low-cost carriers.

While loyal fans can pay as little as $60 for World Cup tickets, other travelers can expect to spend $4,000-plus for a seat at the tournament.

If you’re a hotel developer waiting for the next travel boom to tell you where to build, you’re already late. Some of the next best markets will look like “non-destinations,” but deliver durable demand from the infrastructure supercycle.

The mix of ambition and retreat around climate goals in the EU is sending mixed signals to an industry trying to decarbonize.