Jun 04, 2026Priceline launched a major upgrade to Penny, making its AI travel assistant more useful for trip planning and booking. The new version can help travelers compare destinations, flights, hotels, and rental cars inside one conversation, instead of making them search across several pages and filters.
Jun 04, 2026A strong late-May heat wave brought record temperatures to parts of Europe, creating an early test for the travel and events industry. The heat was linked to a heat dome, a weather pattern that traps hot air over one area and keeps temperatures high for several days. The UK recorded 35.1 degrees
Jun 04, 2026UK hotels made more money in Q1 2026, but higher operating costs limited the benefit. HotStats said total revenue per available room, or TRevPAR, rose 2 percent year to date. TRevPAR includes rooms, restaurants, events, parking, spa, and other hotel income, so it gives a fuller view than room
Jun 04, 2026IHG Hotels & Resorts launched an IHG app in ChatGPT. The tool lets travelers search and compare IHG hotels through normal conversation instead of using only fixed search filters. Users can ask for a hotel based on location, trip purpose, amenities, budget, or travel style. The app can show IHG
Jun 04, 2026Cloudbeds launched its Spring Release, adding new tools for group sales, bookable spaces, direct bookings, daily operations, accounting, reporting, and AI. The update includes Groups & Events, Spaces, an Immersive Booking Engine, a rebuilt Calendar, Cloudbeds Accounting, Data Insights, and Ask
Jun 04, 2026Web Travel Group has agreed to acquire Pruvo, an AI-powered hotel rebooking platform, in a deal valued at about A$26.7 million (US$17.4 million). The acquisition was disclosed in the company’s fiscal 2026 reporting and is expected to close during fiscal 2027, subject to normal closing conditions.
Jun 03, 2026BCD Travel announced that it has added the Model Context Protocol (MCP) to TripSource, its corporate travel technology platform. The company says the framework will help expand agentic AI across booking, trip management, travel program intelligence, and spend management. For travelers, the goal is
Jun 03, 2026Prism, the parent company of Oyo, has received approval from the Securities and Exchange Board of India for its planned IPO. The company aims to raise ₹6,650 crore ($780 million) through the public offering. The approval marks a major step in Oyo’s long-running effort to list on the stock market.
Jun 03, 2026Allegiant Air wants its co-branded credit card and loyalty program to become a bigger part of its business after completing the Sun Country acquisition in May 2026. CEO Greg Anderson said credit cards now make up about 5 percent of Allegiant’s revenue, which is still far below the level reached by
Jun 03, 2026Southwest Airlines says customers are still booking flights even after several fare increases. CEO Bob Jordan said US airlines have raised fares seven times since February 1 because jet fuel has become much more expensive, and Southwest joined each increase. So far, he said the airline has not
Jun 03, 2026The Iran war pushed Middle East tourism into a sharp downturn in the first quarter of 2026. UN Tourism said international arrivals to the region fell 14 percent year over year, while global tourism still grew 2 percent. Hotel demand also weakened fast, with occupancy falling from 75 percent in
Jun 03, 2026HotelRunner said Rıza Kaynak, its Director of Demand Partnerships, has been reappointed to Booking.com’s Connectivity Commercial Advisory Board for the 2026–2028 term. It is his second consecutive term on the board and continues HotelRunner’s long relationship with Booking.com’s connectivity