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City Express by Marriott has reached 100 signed agreements in the U.S. and Canada. Plus, more hotel deal and development news.

Any travel brand can now submit apps and get listed in its new app store — which means Booking.com and Expedia, early movers in OpenAI’s app ecosystem, will soon get new competition to own ChatGPT’s travel conversations.

A change is possible, but for now prospects for altering New York City's quasi ban of short-term rentals look darker than an alleyway in the Bowery.

The policy is another sign that the economy is skewing toward the wealthy and away from the Middle Class.

If the bill passes Congress, it would remove a major bargaining chip that resulted in the end of the two longest government shutdowns in U.S. history.

Everyone wants the luxury traveler, but no two hotel groups define “luxury” the same way. From yachts to boutique collections to loyalty tie-ins, hotel giants are rewriting the rules to win the richest guests in a race that keeps getting bigger.

These 16 influential industry leaders — who shape strategy for the world’s largest meetings and events — will advise the Skift Meetings team for a one-year term.

Travel venture capital is no longer in freefall — but it is far from fully recovered. Now defined by discipline, funding is concentrated in fewer, larger bets on proven companies.

Luxury travel discovery is being rewritten by large language models — and PR has become performance marketing for machines, not just people. Brands still optimizing for yesterday’s gatekeepers risk disappearing from tomorrow’s consideration set.

CoStar/STR reported the Ashes Tour boosted hotel performance in Perth and Brisbane, while forward booking levels are peaking above 95% in Adelaide. Plus, more hotel deal and development news.

The year’s biggest news stories were dominated by the impact of the new Trump administration, but there were plenty of other topics in our Top 10 Articles of the Year. 

A deepening talent and knowledge gap is widely viewed as one of the events industry’s most existential challenges. Intentional investment in talent pipelines, mentorship, and alternative workforce models may help.