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Booking Holdings: AI visibility is up, but referrals stay under 1% of room nights
News / Finance
Booking Holdings: AI visibility is up, but referrals stay under 1% of room nights
By Abby Crotty | August 4, 2026
Traffic from LLMs accounts for less than 1% of Booking Holdings' room nights, CFO Ewout Steenbergen... Read More
Airbnb partners with boutique hotel operator Lark
News / Distribution
Airbnb partners with boutique hotel operator Lark
By Abby Crotty | August 4, 2026
Lou Zameryka, Airbnb’s global head of hotel enterprise and connectivity partnerships, said the STR... Read More
Startup Stage: Bizey wants to streamline T&E
Interview / Startups
Startup Stage: Bizey wants to streamline T&E
By Abby Crotty | August 4, 2026
Mumbai, India-based Bizey wants to eliminate manual expense workflows with automated processes.... Read More
Engine acquires Options Travel to build modern OBT
News / Technology
Engine acquires Options Travel to build modern OBT
By Abby Crotty | July 31, 2026
Engine and Options Travel started working together nine months ago, with Engine now developing an... Read More
The Access Group to pick up hospitality recruitment platform Talent Funnel
News / Technology
The Access Group to pick up hospitality recruitment platform Talent Funnel
By Abby Crotty | July 30, 2026
Talent Funnel will join the Access Group's hospitality technology division and become part of its... Read More
BCD Travel invests in corporate travel AI platform Amgine
News / Finance
BCD Travel invests in corporate travel AI platform Amgine
By Abby Crotty | July 30, 2026
The investment expands an existing partnership between BCD and Amgine confirmed in July 2025.... Read More
CEO Spotlight: Filip Filipov of OAG
News / Technology
CEO Spotlight: Filip Filipov of OAG
By Abby Crotty | July 30, 2026
Filip Filipov reflected on his first six months as CEO of OAG during an interview at Phocuswright... Read More
HBX Group CEO Nicolas Huss to retire
News / Online
HBX Group CEO Nicolas Huss to retire
By Abby Crotty | July 29, 2026
In a separate announcement, the company issued a trading update for the third quarter of 2026.... Read More
Kayak for Business adds 3 AI capabilities
News / Technology
Kayak for Business adds 3 AI capabilities
By Abby Crotty | July 28, 2026
The capabilities, including trip building and trip support tools and an agent-to-agent connector,... Read More
TravelAI acquires Sonder brand, relaunches Sonder.com
News / Online
TravelAI acquires Sonder brand, relaunches Sonder.com
By Abby Crotty | July 27, 2026
Last November, Sonder announced a wind down of operations and filed for bankruptcy after Marriott... Read More
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Cloudbeds to launch direct-booking integration with Meta's Muse
October 20, 2026
Cloudbeds to launch direct-booking integration with Meta's Muse
The API integration is set to roll out to Cloudbeds' U.S. hotel customers in the first quarter of... Read More
TourHub raises £3 million to scale multi-day tour platform
October 20, 2026
TourHub raises £3 million to scale multi-day tour platform
The funding will support technology improvements, international marketing and expansion of its tour... Read More