Sarah Enelow-Snyder

This week we had airline loyalty on the brain. Most airlines are slashing loyalty perks except for the ultra-elite. Redeeming miles has never been so crazy and elusive.

This week in hospitality, Airbnb subtly got our attention. Much like Netflix crept up on Blockbuster, hotel CEOs are finally starting to recognize the threat.

This week in digital news, we took a long hard look at TripAdvisor. Our new research report examines how the company can diversify its revenue streams beyond hotels, then a shorter read on TripAdvisor's new TV ad campaign, which will keep rival Trivago on its toes.

Breaking news on Trump's Cuba policies dominated this week's tourism coverage. Earlier this week, Trump suffered a loss as his travel ban remains blocked by a U.S. Court of Appeals, but he plans to get his way in Cuba by restricting travel.

These are the hospitality trends we were talking about this week.

These are the aviation trends we were talking about this week.

These are the tourism trends we were talking about this week.

These are the digital trends we were talking about this week.

Supervisors who don't send women on business trips, in a misguided effort to avoid dealing with women's safety issues, are doing their companies a disservice by suppressing that talent. Companies that tackle that duty of care head-on are playing with a full deck.

If you think metasearch revolutionized the act of shopping for travel, wait until these sites truly harness all the data out there.