Aishwarya Iyer is a content writer specializing in hospitality technology, revenue management, and the hotel industry. She creates practical, research-driven content that helps hotel owners understand industry shifts, make informed commercial decisions, and keep pace with emerging trends.
Vrbo ends its legacy subscription on October 29 and moves most listings to a 12% commission. A small, undisclosed group keeps the plan, and Vrbo has not said why.
UKHospitality's petition reached Downing Street with 401,250 supporters, and the government has priced a 10% hospitality VAT rate at £11 billion a year.
Zero-click search is thinning the trail from a guest's discovery to a booking, and 68% of US Google searches already end without a click.
Bernstein, a Wall Street research firm, reads Airbnb's free dynamic pricing tool as a first step toward a soft franchise model, narrowing the gap between small hosts and independent hotels.
Since September 27, EU consumer law bans generic green claims and self-made eco-labels, but hotels can still make specific claims on the same page.
Anglesey rejected the Welsh visitor levy, Conwy deferred it and Gwynedd has no decision date, leaving Cardiff as the only council set to charge from April 2027.
UK hospitality paid the equivalent of 82p in business taxes for every £1 of pre-tax profit, the highest of 11 sectors, says the British Retail Consortium.