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Travel Trends Report Guide 2026
Last updated on January 14, 2026. This article has been expanded since its original publication on November 20, 2025. Earlier versions may differ from what you’re reading today.It’s that time of year when your LinkedIn feed gets flooded with reports, outlooks, megatrends, deep dives, and “future of travel” PDFs.And let’s be honest: keeping up is…
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I studied 20 travel trend reports for 2026 so you don’t have to. ABTA, Amadeus, Expedia Group, Airbnb, Black Tomato, Skift, Skyscanner, Mr & Mrs Smith… the full stack. One pattern kept showing up… | Ari Adnan Cibari | 30 comments
I studied 20 travel trend reports for 2026 so you don’t have to. ABTA, Amadeus, Expedia Group, Airbnb, Black Tomato, Skift, Skyscanner, Mr & Mrs Smith… the full stack. One pattern kept showing up that most operators are ignoring. Travellers stopped asking « where should I go? » They’re asking « where can I do [X]? » The destination…
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European hoteliers: Here are your 2026 hospitality trends
In this episode of the Hotel Moment podcast, Revinate Europe Managing Director Dylan Cole looks at the hospitality trends shaping 2026 through a distinctly European lens. The themes may be global, but the pressures behind them are not. From the UK & Ireland to DACH, Northern and Southern Europe, Dylan breaks down how personalization, tech…
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What’s the real reason travelers use flight subscriptions? To get past assumptions, we asked a very simple question to more than 200,000 actual flight subscription users who purchased a… | Iñaki Uriz Millan
What’s the real reason travelers use flight subscriptions? To get past assumptions, we asked a very simple question to more than 200,000 actual flight subscription users who purchased a Caravelo-powered subscription across six airline partners: “WHAT IS THE MAIN PURPOSE OF THIS TRIP?” The result was remarkably consistent across all six programs. More than two-thirds…
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The Modern Hotel General Manager AI Playbook and Toolkit | Terence Ronson
The Modern Hotel General Manager AI Playbook and Toolkit Why the Modern Hotel General Manager Needs an AI Playbook – Now The role of the Hotel General Manager has changed. Today’s GM is accountable for guest experience, profitability, operational resilience, and owner confidence – often with leaner teams, tighter margins, and zero tolerance for inconsistency. The traditional…
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Hard AI is Here: How CES 2026 Changed Hotel Ops Forever
Key Takeaways CES 2026 marked a pivotal change in the convergence of Soft AI and Hard AI in hospitality, driving robots that can perform tasks traditionally done by humans. Soft AI now generates instructions for Hard AI, enabling robots to autonomously learn and execute complex tasks like cleaning and transporting items. Robots designed for human…
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Hard AI is Here: How CES 2026 Changed Hotel Ops Forever
Key Takeaways CES 2026 marked a pivotal change in the convergence of Soft AI and Hard AI in hospitality, driving robots that can perform tasks traditionally done by humans. Soft AI now generates instructions for Hard AI, enabling robots to autonomously learn and execute complex tasks like cleaning and transporting items. Robots designed for human…
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The Seven Deadly Sins of Hotel Marketing If you haven’t done so already, it’s time to start thinking about how you are going to make this year different. Based on my experience helping hotels around… | Larry Mogelonsky, P. Eng.
The Seven Deadly Sins of Hotel Marketing If you haven’t done so already, it’s time to start thinking about how you are going to make this year different. Based on my experience helping hotels around the world with their strategic planning needs, I believe that marketing remains an area for significant budgetary improvements. Here is my…
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Investment accountability shapes AI adoption in travel
Travel brands shift from experimentation to proving measurable value from AI investments Jan 14, 2026 Travel companies are increasingly investing in artificial intelligence, but the focus is now moving from early experimentation to clear accountability. As AI becomes embedded across customer-facing and operational functions, brands are under pressure to demonstrate tangible returns on investment. The…
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The 6 building blocks of the AI-driven direct distribution ecosystem
En español, en français, em português. Artificial intelligence is no longer a futuristic promise. It has become an operational reality that is already reshaping hotel distribution. Yet, despite the growing excitement around AI, most hotels still face the same fundamental question: how can AI be turned into a real, sustainable competitive advantage aligned with the…
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