Spain's watchdog fines Booking.com €413 million - The country’s competition watchdog fined Booking.com a record 413 million euros for "abusing its dominant position" over the past five years.

Jul 31, 2024 • Hospitality

Paris Olympics discourage tourism - Paris is going all out for the Olympics, but the city's tourism industry has little to celebrate.

Jul 31, 2024 • Travel

Trivago acquires stake in hotel rate aggregator Holisto - The company acquired a 30% equity interest in Holisto, which uses “split and match” technology to create novel hotel deals.

Jul 31, 2024 • Hospitality

Online platform tourism booming across Europe - In the first three months of this year, the trend of overnight stays booked through online platforms showed a strong growth compared to the same period in 2023.

Jul 31, 2024 • Hospitality

Developing an AI-powered data strategy for hotels - Rather than investing time and resources to develop an AI strategy, hoteliers should start make their data strategy the priority.

Jul 31, 2024 • Hospitality

Accor expects its RevPAR to grow by 4-5% this year - Europe's biggest hotel group Accor expects its RevPAR to grow faster than its medium-term target this year, driven by strong performance across its regions and brands.

Jul 26, 2024 • Hospitality

OpenAI launches SearchGPT - The Google rival will be available as a prototype in limited release, with plans to eventually build it into ChatGPT.

Jul 26, 2024 • Marketing

Putting generative AI to work for business travel - TMCs are deploying low-risk AI tools while at the same time laying the groundwork for more complex uses - with the potential to revolutionize the sector.

Jul 26, 2024 • Travel