Hotel Industry
Hotel Price Match Guarantees Are Quietly Shrinking
A major group cut its price match payout from 25% to 10% on 20 August. The mechanics explain why these programmes were never really for you.
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Hotel Industry
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Hotel Industry
Event Compression and Why One Concert Doubles Hotel Rates
San Diego average room rates hit 249.71 dollars in one week this summer. Nothing changed about the hotels. This is how event compression works, which events cause it, and the four moves that cut the premium.
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Hotel Industry
Hotel Shrinkflation and What Quietly Left Your Room
US hotel rates are up 2.6 percent. In the same period the closet, the minibar and daily housekeeping quietly left the room. Here is the economics behind it and what to check before booking.
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Travel Savings
The 2% fee that pays for your hotel points
Hotel loyalty programs are funded by card swipe fees, not by hotels. A $38 billion settlement is about to squeeze that model.
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Travel News
Only 1% of Travelers Are Canceling Trips
Skift State of Travel 2026 found just 1% of travelers plan to cancel a trip over price. 52% are restructuring instead. What that means for booking.
· 6 min read
Hotel Industry
Why the Same Hotel Room Costs Four Different Prices
Rate parity clauses are banned across Europe since November 2024. Here is what replaced them and why the same room now carries four different prices.
· 6 min read
Hotel Industry
Hotels Are Not Being Built. That Is a 2028 Price Problem
Only 19 percent of the 767,000 rooms in the US hotel pipeline are under construction, the lowest share in twelve years. Why that pushes room rates up through 2028.
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Hotel Industry
Luxury Hotels Are Booming. The Rest of the Market Is Not
US hotel RevPAR rose 7.3% this summer. Luxury was up 12.9% and economy barely moved. What a K-shaped hotel market means for what you pay.
· 5 min read
Hotel Industry
Your Next Hotel Key Will Be Your Phone. Here's Why
Mobile keys will pass 70 percent of hotels in 2026. The real economics behind the death of the plastic key card, and what guests trade away.
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Hotel Industry
How Hotels Use AI to Set Your Room Price in 2026
Hotel rates now change 30 to 40 times a day, adjusted by algorithms that read events, flights, and weather. How AI pricing works and where it leaves openings.
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Hotel Industry
Why Hotel Minibars Are Disappearing in 2026
The stocked minibar is quietly being retired across hotels in 2026. Here is the real economics behind why it is going, and what is replacing it in your room.
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Hotel Industry
Where Your Hotel Room Rate Actually Goes
A $150 hotel room is not $150 of profit. Where the money really goes, from booking-site commissions to labor, and why cashback is possible.
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