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There's no evidence of distressed sales in the Gulf hotel market. But the war clearly changed the math buyers need to close deals.

While IndiGo’s latest fuel hike is smaller than April’s increase, but the third fuel-charge hike this year shows that India’s low-fare era is increasingly being tested by higher airline costs.

The airline industry has changed, and Alaska Airlines knows it. The era of winning by ruthlessly cost-cutting is over. Today, the spoils are going to airlines that can squeeze more revenue from every passenger.

Who said airlines have to fly every route they sell? Low-cost-carrier Tigerair Taiwan is testing a way to tap another carrier’s network, sell the journey itself, and skip the traditional interline setup.

At IAG, AI proves its value in one airline before the Group expands it. Governance goes in from day one. Ben Dias says that’s what gives the Group confidence to scale across markets and brands.

India is betting that open digital infrastructure can make its vast, fragmented tourism supply easier to discover, book and eventually surface through AI.

One source said Dakota Smith had a lot of credibility in the B2B space, Hopper's most important division.

Hilton's CEO says he wants to make booking through AI agents easy. For now, Meta's Muse struggles to pull a price from hotel group sites, and OTAs may remain an easier door.

Tourist taxes are usually sold as a way to manage crowds. Their deeper appeal is political: They raise money from people who cannot vote against the officials spending it.

Thai Airways emerged from years of restructuring with ambitious plans to expand its fleet and international network. A flood-driven operational breakdown at its Bangkok hub has now cost its CEO his job.

A pilot can demonstrate that AI performs a task. Putting it into a travel business requires someone to own the results, handle the exceptions and show that it is worth the cost.