Travel agencies grew hotel bookings twice as fast as the OTAs
Commissionable room nights rose 11.8% in the first half. The commission per night rose 0.8% — everywhere else in distribution, growth is the thing that gets repriced
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Trip.com Fined in China Antitrust Case as Price Wars Continue
China’s months-long antitrust probe into Trip.com Group Ltd. ended with a multi-billion-yuan penalty on the nation’s largest online travel agency, but the action does little to ease the fierce price wars gripping the domestic hotel sector…
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If I Had 30 Days to Turn Around a Hotel, Here’s Exactly What I’d Do
Someone asked me recently what I would do if I had just 30 days to improve a hotel’s performance. It is a question I have thought about a lot over the years because the answer gets to the heart of any effective hotel turnaround strategy…
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Independent hotels are not handed a playbook. They have to build their own from scratch.
Independent hotels have a freedom that branded hotels do not always have. They can build an experience around a specific location, a specific guest and a specific point of view…
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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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The Vendor Problem: Why Most Hotel AI Advice Has a Conflict of Interest
Most of the hotel AI advice circulating in the industry right now is being funded by someone who wants to sell you something.
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How hotels are protecting margins in a high-cost environment
The global hotel sector is entering a period where profitability is increasingly shaped by cost discipline rather than demand alone.
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Business travellers adapt in the face of soaring hotel rates, according to HotelHub Q1 data
HotelHub, the leading hotel booking technology provider for travel management companies, has released its Q1 2026 edition of the HotelHub Index, revealing significant hotel rate inflation in the first three months of the year…
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China’s Hotel Market Is No Longer Global - It’s Platform-Controlled
China’s hotel market is increasingly shaped by domestic digital platforms, with companies controlling distribution, pricing visibility, and customer access in ways that differ significantly from those in Western markets…
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China's hospitality sector upgrade mirrors broader service industry transformation
For Zhuang Baichuan, a seasoned traveler from Ningbo in east China, a recent layover in Lanzhou offered more than just a taste of the northwestern city's famed beef noodles. It also provided a glimpse of the profound upgrades in China's service…
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Are Points Programs Ruining Luxury Hotels? This Seems Like A Bad Take…
Publication Air Mail ran a story entitled “The Bonvoy Problem,” with the subheading being “Points programs are destroying the luxury-hotel experience. Can anything stop the freeloaders?”
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Hotel valuations stall across Europe, impacted by war, instability and US leadership
Europe: Hotel consultancy HVS’s annual European Hotel Valuation Index (HVI) shows hotel valuation grew only 0.2 per cent across the continent in 2025.
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Sabre Corporation (NASDAQ: SABR), a leading global travel technology company, today announced a new agreement with Shanghai Fuxun Information Technology Co…
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You have approved every request for new sales automation systems, because salespeople report being overwhelmed with inbound leads.
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Unlocking hidden value in hotel real estate
Hotel profitability is under increasing pressure due to inflationary headwinds and payroll increases. Relying on traditional income sources is no longer enough: owners, operators and asset managers are now identifying alternative sources both within…
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Conversions still key to making development numbers stack up
Soaring construction costs and wary banks across much of the world have led to the growing popularity of conversions among hotel developers.
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China's market regulator probes Trip.com over suspected abuse of market dominance
China's market regulator has opened a formal investigation into online travel platform Trip.com Group for suspected abuse of its dominant market position and monopolistic practices, according to an official notice released on Wednesday…
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Why 2026 Hospitality Trends Are Useless for Your Hotel
It’s that time of year again. The holiday decorations are up, the budget reviews are dragging on, and your inbox is drowning in "The Top Trends for 2026."
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