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The competitors to Musk's Starlink will eventually up their game. It's never healthy for customers and end-users to be dependent on a single vendor, regardless of the Starlink's competitive advantage at this moment.

Marriott International plans to open four new hotels in Vietnam in 2026 and expects to open more than 50 additional projects. Plus, more hotel deal and development news from APAC.

The UK keeps producing travel tech companies that leave home before they grow up, and the reasons should worry the stakeholders.

Air India is using loyalty to turn Air India Express into a feeder for its long-haul ambitions, but Maharaja Club still lacks the credit-card economics that make global loyalty programs truly powerful.

Boutique brands love to talk about authenticity and consistency. Surviving the majors’ loyalty programs is a different conversation.

Fiji earns most of its tourism money from Australia and New Zealand. The Trip.com deal is Fiji's bet on Asia as a backup plan, before someone else claims that space.

On this special holiday episode of Good Morning Hospitality, Brandy Canaley and Michael Goldin unpack one of the biggest shifts happening in travel right now: AI-powered booking. Joined by Jason…

Yatra Online reported what Chairman Dhruv Shringi called the “most profitable year in the company’s 20-year history,” even as India-Pakistan conflict, the Air India crash and travel disruptions across parts…

U.S. travelers are still flying in droves for the summer, but there are some early indications that spending could be slowing down.

When Spirit Airlines collapsed, Fort Lauderdale looked destined for decline. Instead, a new battle for South Florida is erupting. JetBlue is aggressively expanding, Frontier is rapidly rebuilding, and Breeze and Allegiant are flooding the market with new routes of their own. We examine the airport’s next chapter in this week’s feature story.

Portman acquired the Westin Peachtree Plaza from Marriott and plans a renovation before the 2028 Super Bowl in Atlanta. Plus, more hotel deal and development news.

India has the literacy gaps, the linguistic diversity, the voice-first consumer behavior, and now the sovereign AI stack to build voice-first travel. No other large travel market combines all of them at this scale.