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Further cementing her status as a savvy entrepreneur, Dolly Parton and her partner company, Herschend Family Entertainment, run their hotels without the help of third parties.

The UK short-term accommodation association's (UKSTAA) research estimates that there are nearly 2 million potential homes for construction, with up to 1.5 million of them “deliverable” within the next five years.

The French Senate has greenlit measures to apply value-added tax (VAT) to Airbnb and similar platforms, aiming to address perceived competition imbalances with the hotel sector. 

Ancillaries are increasingly essential to the financial health and resilience of airlines. Sabre’s new Upgrade IQ product uses artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) to optimize airlines’ premium cabin inventory and unlock incremental revenue.

The General Commercial Gaming Regulatory Authority has started to build its team: A gaming co-ordinator from the Netherlands, a head of investigations from Missouri and a chairman from Vegas.

Berlin-based hospitality brand Numa Group has acquired Dutch aparthotels operator YAYS Group from Proprium Capital Partners. The companies did not disclose details of the deal. 

Macau’s Statistics and Census Service said the gaming tourism area hosted more than 245 MICE events in 3Q23, up 231% compared to the same period last year, which was a very easy comp.

Tech industry insiders say fake female speakers were featured in the DevTernity conference lineup to create the illusion of diversity.

With corporate environmental, social, and governance (ESG) goals taking center stage, meeting and event professionals will need to prioritize stronger sustainability measures while carefully tracking their impact. Here are practical tools and resources that will help turn those goals into reality.

When Apple unveiled NameDrop at is Worldwide Developers Conference, meeting professionals celebrated as this feature enables attendees to easily share contact information by bringing their iPhones together. Now law enforcement officials are issuing a privacy warning.

Regulating short-term lets may bring rents down marginally, but doesn't change the need for more housing.

Today's podcast looks at travel brands leaving Twitter, Choice’s latest Wyndham move, and questions about tourism in the Middle East.