Sarah · Sep 30, 2026 · 1 min read
A new Operto report counts 1.1 million ads from look-alike booking sites aimed at hotel-branded searches in a single month, and a San Francisco lawsuit pulls in Booking Holdings.
Luxury tour operator Simpson Travel has completed its purchase of South France Villas, extending its France programme to the Languedoc and Riviera.
Duetto has bought FLYR Hospitality and plans to combine its automated pricing engine and BI tool with Duetto's revenue suite and HotStats profitability data.
Agoda is setting country-specific default cutoffs for same-day bookings on single-unit home-style properties to reduce Allotment Reject (AR) cases; partners can change the cutoff in Booking Settings.
Duetto has acquired FLYR Hospitality, the former Pace, adding a pricing engine and plain-language BI to its revenue platform. Terms were not disclosed.
The European dynamic-packaging group inaugurated its new Swiss headquarters and a Lifestyle Innovation Hub co-founded with local partners.
Mirai's first ChatGPT plugins let guests check rates and book, change or cancel stays through the hotel's own booking engine.
Airbnb's new weather protection pays guests €50 to €1,000 a day when rainfall passes a set threshold, with no claim needed.
Agoda's Partner Hub describes a collaboration with channel manager Hoteliers.Guru that lets hotels extend distribution into wholesale, corporate and affiliate demand through Agoda B2B.
Mews surveyed 3,250 travelers in eight countries. Most want AI handling repetitive tasks, with humans still leading guest-facing service.
A Booking.com executive said no hotel relies on one platform. An analyst cites HOTREC data putting Booking Holdings at about 70% of European OTA bookings.
PriceLabs' host survey shows AI use at 58% among small STR hosts, while worry about local regulation keeps rising.