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Fairmont Hotels & Resorts announced the development of Fairmont Niseko in Japan, set to open in early 2028. Plus, more hotel deal and development news from APAC.

AI is quickly becoming part of the travel customer journey, but consumer confidence isn't keeping pace. A new report from Wunderkind examines why trust has become one of the biggest challenges facing AI-powered travel experiences.

The Saudi-UAE rift is reaching travel through the banking rails first. The thing to watch is whether it reaches demand next.

AI search is shrinking the open channel where travel bought its customers, so the largest companies are trading member bases with each other instead.

The hotels span cities and markets, including Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Zhanjiang, Yinchuan, Hulunbeir, Nanchang, and Yichang. Plus, more hotel deal and development news from APAC.

Flexible financing is becoming more than a way to complete a travel purchase. For airlines and other travel brands, the next opportunity is using financing to support brand equity and profits.

IHCL would have preferred to enter Switzerland first, but instead chose Frankfurt, where strong India connectivity promised quicker returns, rather than rushing into a costlier, lower-yield Swiss market.

Barclays raised its Hotel REIT estimates, and JPMorgan said it expects EBITDA beats across the board. Plus, hotel development news.

Hand developers a blank slate on travel's infrastructure, and they don't rebuild search. They go after the phone calls and broken connections travel never digitized — a clear sign on how new or external builders see travel AI's biggest pay-offs.

Park Hyatt Tokyo proves that preserving a great hotel is less about furniture than judgment. The renovation succeeds. The harder task now is ensuring the next generation of hoteliers can inherit the culture that made the building matter in the first place.

The modern American hotel tax was built on one Las Vegas idea from 1955. The argument now is over who controls the money.

Fresh off its own acquisition, Hyve is wasting no time executing its new owner’s growth-by-acquisition strategy — with AI as its first major expansion.