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The modern American hotel tax was built on one Las Vegas idea from 1955. The argument now is over who controls the money.

Fresh off its own acquisition, Hyve is wasting no time executing its new owner’s growth-by-acquisition strategy — with AI as its first major expansion.

Travelers are reorganizing their entire journeys around concerts, sports, and festivals. Live tourism has moved from a niche uplift for travel operators to a primary demand driver influencing yield, seasonality, and infrastructure planning.

Vlad Doronin’s OKO Group and Shinsegae Group are starting a new fund to develop luxury hotels and other properties. Plus, more hotel deal and development news from APAC.

The WLT Leadership Exchanges bring one idea to many cities: a room of around 150 women leading travel, everyone at the director level or above.

Clark insists Emirates is ready for life after him, but his decision to stay on keeps one of aviation’s longest-running succession stories alive. 

Passport rankings are a lagging indicator of something travel companies should watch in real time: how easily — and where — a country's citizens can move.

For a startup with no legacy fleet to fall back on, delivery delays were painful. But taking such a large number of aircraft in just a month brings its own headaches.

Host-city hotels squeezed roughly 35% more revenue out of available rooms during the average match day through early July than they did a year ago. Plus, more hotel deal and development news.

Host-city hotels squeezed roughly 35% more revenue out of available rooms during the average match day through early July than they did a year ago. Plus, hotel development news.

Expedia is betting its product roadmap on replicating the outsized AI productivity of its elite engineers. According to its CTO, the strategy hinges on a race to hire and retain that talent — making the company's product timeline as much of a recruiting challenge as a technological one.

JetBlue’s winning bid comes in well below Spirit's $86.7 million valuation of its LaGuardia slots.