Travel & Hospitality headlines from across the web. Links open at the original publisher. Last updated Aug 28, 2026, 9:01 PM.
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Broadway’s Famed Dolly Sisters Spent Their Summers at This $2.8 Million New York HomeRosie and Jenny Dolly’s Westchester County retreat was built in 1924 at the height of their fame.robbreport.com · Aug 28
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Booking Holdings vs. Expedia in B2B: Bombshell Estimate Says Booking Leads in Room NightsNo matter how you parse the numbers, Booking Holdings’ B2B business appears to be a lot larger than the travel industry previously understood. Its in-process…skift.com · Aug 28 -
Google Ships Agentic Booking and Puts a Points Price Beside Your Rate, HVS Holds 4.5% for 2026, 98% of Ready Buyers Abandon AnywayFriday closed the week where it opened. Google announced that US travellers can now book a hotel without leaving AI Mode, with ten launch partners including…hospitalitynet.org · Aug 28
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Canadians Were Just Starting to Come Around to U.S. Travel. Then Came the Trade War.Canadian travel to the U.S. had just hit its fourth straight month of year-over-year gains when tariff disputes between the two countries escalated — a…skift.com · Aug 28 -
Webinar on Sep 10: Top Tips to Create AI Visibility for Your HotelMilestone’s September 10 webinar covers how AI platforms select and recommend hotels, with tips on content quality, authority, and entity building to boost…hospitalitynet.org · Aug 28
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What Hotelbeds’ Shrinking Margins Mean for Hotel DistributionHotelbeds became the dominant independent bed bank through scale. Its results now show that scale alone no longer protects the economics.skift.com · Aug 28 -
Airlines Are Expanding Business Class Into Even More Exclusive TiersBritish Airways, American Airlines, and more are now offering up super suites on their planes.robbreport.com · Aug 28
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Shiji and Rivalry Tech Partnership Reveals an Unexpected Benefit of Self-Service: More Time for HospitalityA kiosk deployment at Hyatt Regency Savannah drove a 22% rise in marketplace orders and a 24% sales increase, while shifting 72% of transactions to…hospitalitynet.org · Aug 28
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U.S. hotel results for week ending 22 AugustU.S. hotels posted their 19th straight week of positive year-over-year results for the week of 16-22 August, with RevPAR up 4.4% to $106.12; San Francisco and…hospitalitynet.org · Aug 28
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Valor Hospitality Expands to West Coast With Management of The Monsaraz, a Tapestry Collection HotelValor Hospitality takes over management of The Monsaraz in Point Loma, San Diego, its first West Coast property, as part of broader U.S. expansion targeting…hospitalitynet.org · Aug 28
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Raines Selected To Manage 114-Room AC Hotel Downtown Little RockRaines brings its portfolio to 50 properties and 5,393 keys with the addition of the Marriott-branded AC Hotel in downtown Little Rock, with F&B programming at…hospitalitynet.org · Aug 28
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Marriott and The Reef Resorts & Spa Sign Three-Resort Conversion in Playa del Carmen to Debut Tribute Portfolio All-Inclusive BrandMarriott will convert three Reef Resorts properties in Playa del Carmen into Tribute Portfolio all-inclusive hotels by 2027, adding 676 rooms to its Mexico…hospitalitynet.org · Aug 28
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56% of Guests Are Ready to Book—Why Do 98% Abandon Your Hotel Website?GuestCentric’s AI assistant Melissa shows 56% of engaged hotel website visitors have high booking intent, yet a 2% average conversion rate persists due to…hospitalitynet.org · Aug 28
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Hilton Australia Recognised as Number 1 Hospitality Workplace by Great Place to Work®Hilton Australia ranked No. 1 hospitality workplace by Great Place to Work for companies with 1,000+ employees, covering all four Australasia markets across…hospitalitynet.org · Aug 28
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Google’s Agentic Hotel Booking Tool Comes to AI ModeGoogle’s agentic hotel booking is finally launching in AI Mode, nine months after it was first teased. Skeptics may see it as a redux of the shuttered Book on…skift.com · Aug 27 -
Must Read: Harry Styles Covers ‘W’ Magazine, ‘Love Island USA’ Winners Bryce and Trinity Front Maybelline CampaignPlus, FIT appoints its first-ever CMO.fashionista.com · Aug 25
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We Compared a Wise Travel Card Against a NAB Debit Card on Holiday; The Results Were SurprisingThis story was purely on my own whim. Not paid. I took a Wise card and a NAB Visa debit card to Bali for ten days to see which one cost me less. The results…dmarge.com · Aug 23 -
ICYMI: Maisonette Is Giving Tweens Their Own Shopping Destination, A Stylish Person’s Guide to Ibiza & Mother Opens First Store in Beverly HillsA must-read roundup of our most popular stories of the week.fashionista.com · Aug 22
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China’s New Tourist Obsession Is a 24-Hour SpaFor less than the cost of many hotels, sprawling bathhouses offer soaking pools, sleeping lounges, lobster buffets and TikTok-ready wellness.businessoffashion.com · Aug 21 -
Maisonette Is Giving Tweens Their Own Shopping DestinationNeon Rebels, a new e-commerce platform for 7- to 14-year-olds, brings together more than 100 brands and aims to bridge the gap between what Gen Alpha wants and…fashionista.com · Aug 19
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Business Class From $269 In The Biggest Qantas Sale Of The YearQantas has launched its biggest domestic sale of the year, with more than two million discounted Economy and Business seats across 101 routes and 60…dmarge.com · Aug 17