Independent Hotels
Startups
+4
Jun 25, 2026
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4 min read
📱 A hotel is charging guests to put their phones down
And Lastminute.com fires a quarter of its staff
Startups
+3
Apr 30, 2026
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4 min read
🧓 Spanish grandmas and overnight trains
Also, Accor and Airbnb bury the hatchet
Startups
+4
Apr 23, 2026
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4 min read
💸 Five hotel CEOs made more than $120M combined last year
And Booking.com gets in legal trouble (again)
Startups
+6
Apr 16, 2026
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4 min read
🧨 Hackers hit Booking.com and the PMS drama between Cloudbeds and Mews
Also, Stayntouch posts its best quarter ever
Startups
+3
Apr 9, 2026
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4 min read
💰 Ennismore proves tech investment pays off and 94% of hotels are invisible to AI
Also, Oracle lays off 30,000 employees
Funding
+2
Apr 2, 2026
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7 min read
🔦 Cloudbeds exposes OTA dominance and Expedia is in the pole position
Also, Tripadvisor previews its AI travel planning
Startups
+5
Nov 20, 2025
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7 min read
➗ Sonder crumbles, WhatsApp simplifies identity and digital marketing struggles
Also, Google expands its travel tools and Shiji embeds payments
Funding
+3
Oct 23, 2025
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6 min read
🔌 AWS outage hits hospitality worldwide and HotelMinder brings consulting to independent hotels
Also, Canary adds sales automation and Expedia dives deeper into AI personalization
Startups
+4
Oct 9, 2025
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7 min read
💬 The next OTA looks conversational
Also, Plusgrade acquires Oaky and RateGain buys Sojern for $250M
