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Airbnb Wants to Be Your Business Partner. Hosts Aren’t So Sure.
Lufthansa Just Bought a Gateway to South America
Fake Hotel Contests Are Going Viral and Real Hotels Are Paying for It
Saudi Arabia’s Aviation Ambitions Just Got Grounded
Jet Fuel Just Hit an All-Time High and Airlines Are Bleeding
Vrbo More Than Doubled Some Hosts' Commissions and They're Not Happy
British Airways Is Ripping Out 52 Seats to Make Room for Premium
Delta Is Building a Media Network and Your Flight Data Is the Product
Choice Hotels Just Bought an RV Club and Now Has to Prove It Matters
Kayak's Founders Are Back and They Want to Reinvent the OTA
Bangkok's Floods Hit Airports Right as Golden Week Begins
Airbnb's CEO Just Put a Date on His AI Agent
Airbnb and Vrbo Are Betting Big on Sponsored Listings. AI Agents Don't Care.
Airbnb's Next Big Business Might Be Hotels
Your Credit Card Knows Your Travel Habits. Banks Are Betting on It Differently.
Trip.com Just Took a $770 Million Hit and It's Changing the Rules for Hotels
Dubai Hoteliers Just Wrote Off the Rest of 2026
AirBaltic Just Filed for Bankruptcy and Passengers Won't Even Notice
Gulf Tourism Is Having a Lost Year
The EU Just Gave Cities a Roadmap to Crack Down on Airbnb
Google Is Stripping Travel Search in Europe to Avoid More Fines
The Southwest You Grew Up With Is Gone
Travel's Biggest Names Just Walked Into the White House
Airbnb Just Poached Booking.com's Hotel Boss
That Stunning Hotel You Found on TikTok Might Not Be Real
Google Just Made Hotel Booking Part of the Chat
Dolly Parton Left Behind a Legacy That Draws 2 Million Visitors a Year
Wall Street Is Finally Buying Into Airbnb's Growth Story
Black Tomato Just Did the Opposite of Every Other Travel Company
Google Just Bought Spirit's Data for $10 Million and Got a Steal
If the World Cup Couldn't Fix U.S. Tourism, What Will?
Europe Is on Fire and Summer Travel Is at Risk Again
China's Travelers Want to Go Abroad. There Aren't Enough Flights.
Amazon Just Entered the Travel Booking Business
The World Cup Tourism Boom Was a Myth
Southwest Reinvented Itself and Just Had a Record Quarter
Loyalty Programs Are Now How Travel Companies Find New Customers
The UAE Passport Just Lapped the U.S.
Airbnb Added Car Rentals and Now Looks a Lot Like Expedia
United's CEO Says Cheap Flights Are Gone Forever
AI Is Not Going to Fix Travel's Labor Problem
Even Frontier Is Going Premium Now
Canada Is Still Not Coming Back to the U.S.
The Best World Cup Marketing Cost Nothing and British Airways Started It
EasyJet Is Being Sold and Every Independent European Airline Is Watching
AI Chatbots Are Skipping Travel Apps Even When They're Connected
Airbnb Beat Marriott at the World Cup and Spent Less Doing It
The Government Wants Airlines to Hide Fees Again
Supersonic Flight Over the U.S. Is Back on the Table
Hotel Owners Are Ditching Big Brands and Going Independent
Apple Wallet Wants to Run Your Entire Trip Now
Europe Is Melting and Airlines Want to Ban Something They Say They Don't Do
Marriott Is Getting Into Apartment Rentals and Airlines Are Invisible to AI
Airlines Are Keeping Fares High Even as Fuel Prices Drop
World Cup Hotels Are Charging More but Rooms Aren't Filling Up
The Gulf Is Opening Back Up. European Airlines Are Still Waiting.
Airlines Keep Losing and AI Can't Even Read Their Fares
Marriott's Loyalty Program Is So Profitable Its Own Hotel Owners Are Revolting
U.S. Tourism Is Sliding and the World Cup Hasn't Fixed It
Airfares Are Up 20% and Travelers Are Not Stopping
Aviation's 2050 Climate Goal Is Slipping and Nobody Has a Fix
The U.S. Just Made Visas Pay-to-Play
United Still Wants American. The Airline Industry Is Bleeding.
The World Cup Was Supposed to Save U.S. Tourism. It's Not Going as Planned.
Sonder's Founder Just Came Back...With an AI Travel Startup
One Guy Used AI to Pull 881,000 Fares and Broke the Travel Industry's Brain
Two Billionaires Just Quietly Took Over Las Vegas
United's CEO Just Buried JetBlue in Public — and He's Not Done
Hotels Spent 10 Years Fighting OTAs — Then AI Showed Up and Changed Everything
Ryanair Just Made Every Other Airline Look Bad
Gulf Travelers Are Searching but Not Booking, and Brand USA Wants Canadians Back
Expedia Is Rethinking AI, and Google Is Coming for Hotel Bookings
NYC Hotel Workers Land a Historic Deal, and It's Going to Cost You
Americans Are Desperate to Travel, but Not Everyone Can Afford To
Travel Inflation Is Surging Faster Than the Economy
Travel Demand Is Splitting the World Into Winners and Losers
TikTok Is Officially a Travel Booking Platform
Spirit’s Shutdown Is Making Airfare Pain Even Worse
Google’s Grip on Travel Faces a New Lawsuit as Tripadvisor Bets on AI
Airlines Burn Through $5 Billion as Disney Makes More From Fewer Visitors
Spirit’s Collapse Sparks Airline Grab as Uber Expands in Travel
Spirit Airlines Collapses as World Cup Demand and Loyalty Face Reality Check
Uber Enters Hotel Booking as AI Debate Shapes Travel’s Future
Asia Is Overtaking Travel as Airlines and Luxury Brands Adapt
Budget Airlines Seek Bailout as U.S. Travel Slump Hits Rentals
United Pushes Merger Case as AI and Luxury Travel Take New Shape
Airline Alliances Shift as Emirates Bets on a Fast Travel Rebound
White Lotus Picks Hyatt as Heat and Airbnb Rules Reshape Travel
JetBlue Pushes Back on Bankruptcy Talk as World Cup Costs Surge
Hyatt Goes All In on AI While Google Tightens Its Grip on Travel Booking
Travelers Are Choosing Predictability Over Price
Why United Is Talking Merger While Everyone Else Plays Defense
Travelers Still Don’t Trust AI to Book Trips
Delta Is Building Its Future Around Premium
Travel Demand Just Hit a Pause
Fuel Prices Are Forcing Airlines to Change Fast
Travel Demand Is Dropping and Companies Are Reacting Fast
Airlines Might Let You Take Calls Mid-Flight
U.S. Travel Just Got More Complicated
AI Glasses Could Change Where You Travel