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Another quarter of strong incentive management fees would signal that hotel profit strength is broadening.

A Hyatt financial filing reveals how it's linking executive pay directly to its biggest open questions, such as direct channel share and whether lifestyle hotels deliver on the premium they promise.

Ennismore is the engine behind Accor's best-performing division. The open question is whether the high margins and fast growth can continue after a potential IPO.

The hotel giants are becoming distribution "platforms" of brands run by others, not just brand owners themselves. Hilton is the latest to embrace this shift with its new "brand of brands," Select by Hilton.

Hilton has revealed it paid $56 million to acquire a controlling stake in NoMad Hotels, a smaller sum than recent comparable acquisitions in the luxury hotel sector. Now it plans to scale the brand to 30 to 50 hotels.

Times are good for deals overall, but some hotel markets will struggle.

The German airline group has warned that increasing tension in the Middle East could also affect its bottom line.

IHCL's strategic focus on Tier 2 and Tier 3 cities indicates a market expansion aligning with India's burgeoning middle class. While this helps meet evolving consumer demands it also ensures that the company grows beyond metropolitan areas.

Is this the beginning of a wave of IPO activity among Indian travel companies? Yatra is set to become the second online travel agency to be listed on the Indian stock exchanges, following EaseMyTrip. Both Ixigo and Oyo are also poised for potential listings, indicating a growing interest in the public markets within the Indian travel sector.

This is at least the third c-suite exec that has departed over the past year, and it comes as Sabre continues a big tech transformation.