Travel on your terms: 2026 travel predictions, view from the Hotel Investment Conference APAC and more...

Travel on your terms: 2026 travel predictions
Friday, 24th October 2025

2026 is the year to travel your way: ditching the cookie-cutter itineraries and defining your personal style.

While 2025 saw travellers throw the holiday rulebook out of the window, next year, it’s all about authentically embracing yourself through travel.

Whether finding solitude through a new hobby or letting the stars guide your journey, it's time to make your holidays truly unique >>

View from the Hotel Investment Conference APAC
24 Oct 2025 : The 35th HICAP this week at the Fairmont Singapore & Swissôtel The Stamford, features extensive discussions about Asia Pacific hotel investment activity over the past year and into the future as hosted by BHN Jeff Higley, CHIA, ISHC and Jonathon Zink >>

Wyndham debuts first-of-its-kind travel subscription
23 Oct 2025 : Wyndham Rewards® is transforming the loyalty landscape with the launch of Wyndham Rewards Insider℠—a first-of-its-kind travel and entertainment subscription from a major hotel rewards program, designed to pay for itself in as little as one trip >>

Maritim Hotel Amsterdam becomes city's 'Hotel of Doom'
24 Oct 2025 : The story of Amsterdam's troubled Maritim hotel is a case study in major project risk >>

Alternative reality from the fancy pundits: US lodging industry & trends
24 Oct 2025 : Several high-profile reports this month confirmed one conclusion: The United States economy is slowing down >>

HIGHLIGHT ARTICLE

The AI Winners and Losers in the Travel Industry
Friday, 24th October 2025

It’s probably not controversial anymore to say we are accelerating into the biggest disruption in travel distribution of all time, three years ago today, nobody talked about any kind of upcoming threat to the dominance of Google >>

Cash is Dead and Nobody Told Me: Vietnam's Digital Economy Revolution
Last week, I tried to pay for street coffee with cash, the vendor, a woman who's been selling cà phê sữa đá from a cart for 20 years, looked at my 200,000 VND note like I'd just handed her a dinosaur bone >>

In case you've missed it: Global eNewsletter of October 23, 2025
Hyatt and Homeinns expand strategic relationship, Lanson Place joins Global Hotel Alliance and more >>