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UAE Travel Agencies Report Delays in Payments From Saudi Clients

UAE Travel Agencies Report Delays in Payments From Saudi Clients

The Saudi-UAE rift is reaching travel through the banking rails first. The thing to watch is whether it reaches demand next.

3 hours ago

Travel Customer Acquisition Is Moving Into Private Treaties

Travel Customer Acquisition Is Moving Into Private Treaties

AI search is shrinking the open channel where travel bought its customers, so the largest companies are trading member bases with each other instead.

4 hours ago

A New Class of Buy Now, Pay Later: From Checkout Utility to Enterprise Growth Lever

A New Class of Buy Now, Pay Later: From Checkout Utility to Enterprise Growth Lever

Flexible financing is becoming more than a way to complete a travel purchase. For airlines and other travel brands, the next opportunity is using financing to support brand equity and profits.

4 hours ago

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Indian Hotels Company Targets Switzerland and Southeast Asia; Dubai Rebound Stalls

Indian Hotels Company Targets Switzerland and Southeast Asia; Dubai Rebound Stalls

IHCL would have preferred to enter Switzerland first, but instead chose Frankfurt, where strong India connectivity promised quicker returns, rather than rushing into a costlier, lower-yield Swiss market.

5 hours ago

Sabre Hackathon Highlights Travel’s Developer Access Divide

Sabre Hackathon Highlights Travel’s Developer Access Divide

Hand developers a blank slate on travel's infrastructure, and they don't rebuild search. They go after the phone calls and broken connections travel never digitized — a clear sign on how new or external builders see travel AI's biggest pay-offs.

21 hours ago

Returning to Park Hyatt Tokyo: How a Great Hotel Survives a Renovation

Returning to Park Hyatt Tokyo: How a Great Hotel Survives a Renovation

Park Hyatt Tokyo proves that preserving a great hotel is less about furniture than judgment. The renovation succeeds. The harder task now is ensuring the next generation of hoteliers can inherit the culture that made the building matter in the first place.

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The Quiet Reinvention of the Hotel Tax

The Quiet Reinvention of the Hotel Tax

The modern American hotel tax was built on one Las Vegas idea from 1955. The argument now is over who controls the money.

1 day ago

Emirates’ Sir Tim Clark on Retirement: ‘It’s Not Time’

Emirates’ Sir Tim Clark on Retirement: ‘It’s Not Time’

Clark insists Emirates is ready for life after him, but his decision to stay on keeps one of aviation’s longest-running succession stories alive.

1 day ago

The U.S. Passport Is Stuck, The UAE’s Is Gaining Fast

The U.S. Passport Is Stuck, The UAE’s Is Gaining Fast

Passport rankings are a lagging indicator of something travel companies should watch in real time: how easily — and where — a country's citizens can move.

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Riyadh Air Waited Years for New Planes. Now Six Have Arrived in 30 Days

Riyadh Air Waited Years for New Planes. Now Six Have Arrived in 30 Days

For a startup with no legacy fleet to fall back on, delivery delays were painful. But taking such a large number of aircraft in just a month brings its own headaches.

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