European tech and travel leader Booking.com released the sixth edition of its annual Accommodation Barometer, exploring the outlook, opportunities and challenges that are front of mind for accommodation professionals across Europe…
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The rise of the ‘perpetual traveller’ creates new opportunities for hotels
The hospitality industry can capitalize on rising frequency, secondary city growth, and deep localization in 2026
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What’s the culprit for hotel profit margin erosion? New data from LWHA explains
Hotels are complicated to run, but there is one easy concept: If revenues are higher than expenses, turning a profit is the result. Unfortunately, the broader hotel industry is looking down the barrel of a cost-filled gun that isn’t shooting blanks…
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Google just filed lodging under the same commerce rail as sneakers and groceries
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For decades, coffee shops have represented the most visible and aspirational part of the coffee industry. Expanding through physical retail locations was widely viewed as a sign of growth, scale, and market dominance…
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Luxury hotel groups court Latin America’s wealthy travelers
Global hospitality brands increase focus on Brazilian, Latin American consumers as geopolitical tensions reshape luxury tourism flows
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A hotel check-in system left a million passports and driver’s licenses open for anyone to see
A hotel check-in system left more than 1 million customer passports, driver’s licenses, and selfie verification photos to the open web after a security lapse. The data is now offline after TechCrunch alerted the company responsible…
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How hotels can protect guest data in the face of rising cyber threats
Guest data protection has become a critical responsibility for hotels as cyber attacks grow more frequent and more sophisticated.
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Hackers siphon data from 5M hotel guests, feeding it live onto Telegram
Cybernews research has uncovered a massive operation that was siphoning booking data from Spanish and Austrian hospitality platforms. Millions of hotel goers may have been exposed.
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Booking.com breach raises red flags for insurers as travel scams evolve
Data breach exposes customer booking details and opens the door to highly targeted social engineering incidents
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The New Front Line of Hotel Distribution: When Regulation Rewrites the Rules of Visibility
Google's DMA-compliant changes to hotel search results are giving OTAs and intermediaries more visibility while pushing hotel direct booking channels further down in search rankings.
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Complex investor landscape to unlock rewards
A richer and more complex investor landscape will continue to benefit the hospitality industry, delegates heard at the IHIF EMEA in Berlin on Tuesday.
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Digital euro could reshape hotel payment systems across Europe
Hotels across Europe are preparing for the possible introduction of the digital euro, a central bank digital currency that could reshape how guests pay for rooms and services.
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When the System Starts Thinking for You
The hotel’s revenue manager arrives at 8:47 on a Tuesday morning, her screen is already populated with recommendations, pickup has been analyzed and competitor rates have been scanned.
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Africa’s hotel development pipeline reaches record high as East Africa leads construction activity
Africa’s hotel pipeline has reached 123,846 rooms across 675 projects, according to W Hospitality Group. While North Africa dominates volume, East Africa shows the highest proportion of projects currently under construction…
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Geopolitical tensions disrupt Middle East hotel market
The Middle East hotel market is facing immediate pressure after military strikes on 28 February 2026 triggered widespread travel disruption across the Gulf.
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New EU standards aim to curb fake hotel reviews
The European Commission has launched a new Code of Conduct on online hotel reviews to address fake and misleading feedback.
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CMA launches investigation into leading three hotel chains
Watchdog is probing whether hoteliers broke competition law by sharing sensitive market data
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