Leonardo Hotels survey of 2,000 UK adults finds 63% argue during holiday planning, with sleep disruption and budget disputes among top stressors affecting couples on city breaks.
HSMAI's Washington D.C. chapter hosts a $55–$75 half-day workshop on Sept. 10 covering hotel marketing fundamentals, demand generation, and commercial strategy using the CHDM credential as a framework.
Analysis of H1 2026 hotel distribution trends finds OTA commissions at 15-25% vs. 5-12% for direct, while AI and metasearch are reshaping how guests discover and book hotels.
A best-practice guide covering SEO, generative engine optimization, paid media, and AI strategy to help hotels capture direct bookings as zero-click search and AI platforms reshape travel discovery in 2026.
Hotels loading rates into GDS have no visibility into how AI-powered corporate booking tools like Concur and Navan rewrite, merge, and rank their listings before a traveler ever sees them.
A growing segment of travelers, 47% of surveyed Americans per IHG/Talker Research, want trips centered on learning skills like cooking, pottery, or sailing, blending personal development with destination culture.
Hyatt survey of 2,000 U.S. business travelers finds 90% rely on their hotel room as the only true off-clock space during work trips, used to promote its 700+ property Essentials portfolio and limited-time loyalty bonus point offers.
Influence Society hosts a free, invite-only half-day event for Swiss hoteliers in the Geneva area, focusing on AI, data, and digital marketing's impact on hotel visibility and guest relationships.
As generative AI platforms capture a growing share of travel research, hotels with inaccurate or inconsistent online records are being excluded from AI-generated recommendations before guests even enter the booking funnel.
Airbnb's Hotels team leaders detail 650M users, 90% direct demand, and hotel nights growing 3x faster than homes, raising real questions about OTA dependency for independent hotels.
Milestone's September 10 webinar covers how AI platforms select and recommend hotels, with tips on content quality, authority, and entity building to boost visibility.
Google's AI Mode now lets US travelers book hotels and compare cash rates against loyalty points in one conversation, removing the friction that previously delayed award redemption decisions.
A Booking.com survey of 1,332 U.S. travelers finds 84% view travel as a quality-of-life investment, with 68% cutting daily expenses to fund trips and 69% using flexible payment options.
A downloadable guide for hotel marketers on building a 2027 digital marketing budget using cost of acquisition, ROAS benchmarks, and direct vs. OTA net revenue comparisons.
U.S. Travel Association named 2026 ESTO Award winners across 10 categories at its 42nd annual conference in Philadelphia, honoring DMOs and state tourism offices for creative destination marketing.
IHG returns as official hotel partner of the 2026 US Open with a new complimentary motorcoach experience and Racquet Bar perks for fans and loyalty members.
The author argues that fully automated AI proposal responses risk commoditizing hotel group sales, pushing buying decisions toward price alone, and urges hotels to keep human touchpoints at the center of the sales process.
InterContinental is extending its global deal with jet lag app Timeshifter, giving all guests at its 242 hotels across 70 countries free access to personalised circadian science-based travel plans.
Hotels receive OTA guest emails for operational use only, but an address given directly by a guest during their stay is unencumbered by platform restrictions and is the only record the hotel truly owns.
Data from the Travel Dreams 2026 report, covering 500 hoteliers and 6,000 travelers, shows shortlists form before the booking page, making AI visibility and early-journey presence the top priority for 2026.