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Google built the AI search surfaces displacing travel’s organic traffic. Now it’s bringing travel advertisers into the system that powers them — and the price is the keyword control paid search has run on for decades.

Hyatt, Wyndham, and Choice Hotels reported earnings. Hyatt saw great strength in Europe thanks to the Olympics and in China, too. Wyndham become more optimistic about the year. Choice struggled. Plus, more hotel deal and development news.

Misleading job posts and screening tools that overlook experienced candidates are leaving job hunters frustrated and disappointed.

Why did Choice Hotels underperform against competitors in every type of hotel during the best quarterly demand backdrop in recent memory?

With a second Huntington Place-connected hotel in the works, Detroit is looking to close a gap that has limited its ability to compete with other convention cities, a lack of hotel inventory. 

Royal Caribbean beat estimates and demand remains strong — but the Iran war is quietly rewriting the profit math.

Wyndham believes AI tools will eventually bring relief to franchisee P&Ls, though not immediately across the board for all hotels.

A new report shows which states stand to lose the most when overseas visitors pull back on U.S. travel.

Luxury demand continues to power Hyatt through an uneven economy, reinforcing the company’s high-end strategy.

Grab's consumer super app is becoming mapping infrastructure for Big Tech in Southeast Asia. Travel brands may not compete with it — but they may increasingly depend on it.

Whitbread blinked. Facing an activist investor and a widening gap between its market value and its property assets, Premier Inn's owner has opted for a sweeping reset.

As of March 2026, the global travel industry is no longer moving in a predictable direction. Global travel demand across regions is diverging, dictated by the realities of geopolitics.