Centara and PTT Oil partner to develop budget hotels across Thailand, Travel Leaders Unite: Fund TSA, protect travelers, keep America moving and more...

Centara and PTT Oil partner to develop budget hotels across Thailand
Thursday, 5th March 2026

Thailand’s hospitality landscape is set for a significant expansion following a strategic partnership between PTT Oil and Retail Public and Central Plaza Hotel, the operator behind the well-known Centara Hotels.

The two companies have agreed to establish a joint venture focused on developing and operating budget hotels across Thailand, with plans that could eventually extend into regional markets >>

Sanya emerges as new hub for Euro-Asian tourism
5 Mar 2026 : Recently, at the 60th ITB Berlin and Hainan (Berlin) Tourism and Sanya City signed a series of MoUs with Kazakhstan's SCAT Airlines, Latvia’s Riga Airport, Uzbekistan's Air Samarkand, and Central and Eastern Europe's travel platform Easy Booking >>

Travel Leaders Unite: Fund TSA, protect travelers, keep America moving
5 Mar 2026 : US Travel, Airlines for America, and the American Hotel & Lodging Association issued the following joint statement on the potential lapse of appropriations for the US Department of Homeland Security >>

Dubai Airports and Salik sign a 10-year agreement to enable seamless e-wallet parking payments at DXB
5 Mar 2026 : Salik’s E-Wallet to become a seamless parking payment provider across the paid car parks at Dubai International (DXB), covering Terminal 1, Terminal 2, Terminal 3 and Cargo Mega Terminal >>

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Will Google’s New Universal Commerce Protocol (UCP) Turn Hotel Distribution Upside Down?
Thursday, 5th March 2026

Google just introduced its UCP, which establishes a common language among the three stakeholders of Agentic AI: agents, systems/platforms and consumers. The question is: what and how big will Google UCP's impact will be on hotel distribution? >>

Beyond the Gallop: Why the Future Belongs to the Herd
We’re midway through the Lunar New Year celebrations (which, in case you didn’t know, stretch a full 15 days) and I swear if I see the word 'gallop' in one more press release, I may well leapfrog into the nearest lake >>

In case you've missed it: Global eNews of March 04, 2026
European vacation rental company Holidu acquires German vacation rental portal, 2026 begins with a positive air passenger demand growth and more >>