Quarterly results, RevPAR and rate movement, portfolio transactions, refinancing and development pipelines.
The FTC's all-in pricing rule covers hotel websites and online travel agencies alike, which changes the summer booking calculus: whichever channel a traveler uses, the first displayed number must be the total — and the differences worth comparing have narrowed.
A new €5-per-night municipal surcharge in Barcelona stacks on Catalonia's regional tax, Amsterdam charges 12.5% of the room rate, and Venice runs its day-tripper fee — a summer of budgeting for taxes that rarely appear in the headline room rate.
Hyatt is piloting paid breakfast at more than 40 Hyatt Place hotels and Hilton properties are testing food-and-beverage credits in place of the plated meal, per The Points Guy reporting — while Hilton's easier 2026 status thresholds put the benefit in more hands.
California's SB 478 and SB 1350, Maryland's lodging transparency law, and the federal FTC rule now require all-in mandatory pricing for hotels in overlapping layers — with a federal bill, S.314, pending on top.
The EU's travel authorization for visa-exempt visitors is not in operation, per the official EU portal, which has stopped publishing even a target date — leaving travelers with one rule: nobody can process an ETIAS application yet.
After a wave of "reservation hijacking" cases, Booking.com has warned customers and updated fraud reporting, per the BBC — while its policies also quietly give guests on non-refundable rates a one-time free date change.