S4BT has acquired HotelHub, bringing $5 billion in annual corporate hotel bookings into its network. The deal gives the group a much bigger role in how business travelers book hotels, without turning it into a traditional travel agency.
IHCL is acquiring smaller chains to make the most of the hospitality boom in India. But it does not seem interested in overhauling how these chains actually operate as long as their models work.
Other low-cost carriers have attempted to outfly reality — adding capacity, chasing share, and hoping costs would normalize. Allegiant and Sun Country have done the opposite.