Morgan Hines

A new report from H2c includes responses from 88 small, medium and large hotel chains representing 3,885 hotels and 578,653 rooms.

Expedia Group and Microsoft announced Tuesday that they are joining forces to link their loyalty programs.

Hipcamp , an online marketplace for camping trips, has acquired BookOutdoors , a booking site for RV parks, cabins, campgrounds and glamping resorts.

The report from SiteMinder also found 52% travelers have abandoned an online booking after a bad experience, such as lack of site security, payment issues, loading times, design and a lack of friendliness for mobile users.

The company said the compliance update is the result after “months” of back and forth with the European Commission as well as other stakeholders.

Blanca Menchaca has had her head down, locked in on her work for years. But a few weeks ago, she paused.

India-based travel giant MakeMyTrip has agreed to acquire expense management platform Happay from rewards-focused payment platform CRED

French hotel booking and payment solutions company CDS Groupe has acquired Italy-based SIAP , which provides software solutions for travel and tourism.

A recent survey from Hostfully found fewer bookings are coming from Airbnb, property managers are growing by adding new inventory and more managers want to use AI.

Travel industry veterans such as Erik Blachford and current executives such as Amex GBT’s Marilyn Markham offer their take on the state of generative AI in travel.