Hotel Rate Parity Issues in 2026: What’s Changed, What It Costs and How to Fix It
Explore the interactive map: parity rules country by country ↓ The biggest hotel rate parity issues in 2026 are commercial, […]
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5 Stories, Week 40 2026: Booking Holdings Launches Lola – and Gets Paid by Both Sides
2nd of October 2026: Here are a few of the stories that caught our attention over the week, with some […]
HEDNA’s State of Distribution 2026: What It Tells Us – and What No Survey Can Yet
HEDNA's State of Distribution 2026 is the most complete benchmark hotel distribution has – more than 270 commercial professionals across […]
5 Stories, Week 39 2026: Expedia Plugs Into Meta’s Muse AI Agent
25th of September 2026: Here are a few of the stories that caught our attention over the week, with some […]
From Revenue Manager to Commercial Leader: How Revenue Management Is Evolving Into Hotel Commercial Strategy
Revenue management is not disappearing – it is being promoted. As AI takes over the high-volume pricing decisions, the discipline […]
The Anatomy of a Soft Brand: Inside Hospitality’s Fastest-Growing Distribution Play
Soft brand room growth is running at nearly ten times the pace of flagged brands. What owners actually buy for 11–13% of rooms revenue, why the majors can’t stop signing them, and where Europe’s underpenetrated markets fit in.
5 Stories, Week 38 2026: Fliggy’s ‘flyai’ Skill and the Rise of Agentic Booking in China
21st of September 2026: Here are a few of the stories that caught our attention over the week, with some […]
5 Stories, Week 37 2026: Booking Holdings Loses Its EU Court Appeal – And the Etraveli Deal Stays Dead
14th of September 2026: Here are a few of the stories that caught our attention over the week, with some […]
The Ancillary Revenue Playbook: What Hotels Can Steal From Airlines (And What They Can’t)
IdeaWorksCompany's 2026 Yearbook of Ancillary Revenue landed with a number that should have every hotel commercial director sitting up straight: […]
5 Stories, Week 36 2026: Amadeus Turns to Anthropic as It Rebuilds GDS Access for an AI-Native World
8th of September 2026: Here are a few of the stories that caught our attention over the week with some […]