Deanna Ting

Combatting host fatigue is a very real thing, but it'll probably take a lot more than this from Airbnb to make sure those Superhosts remain loyal.

Starwood Preferred Guest elite members thought that not getting full stay credits would be the absolute worst of this mega-merger.

Bottom line for hotels? They haven't hit the top in terms of growth just yet, and probably won't for at least another year or two.

Why go asset light when you can be asset right, or get into "active asset management" as AccorHotels likes to call it?

The Amazonification of Airbnb continues, as talk of an initial public offering heats up.

Hotels and dating apps: a match made for the digital age that shows how far hospitality is going to market experiences.

Timing is everything, folks.

We know what you're all thinking: Can Onefinestay be saved? Was AccorHotels' decision to buy a private rental business the right move? Or should it have partnered with one instead?

If Airbnb is indeed seeing a slowdown of its business in more mature markets like Europe and the U.S., that's all the more reason for the company to double down on its efforts in emerging markets like China, and to work on adding more professional inventory, ahem, hotels.

The bigger question the hotel industry is no doubt asking itself is this: Was this third quarter just a one-off? Or was it a sign of tougher times to come?