CPP Investments bets C$200M on Hilton's Brazil expansion
Read → The Canadian pension fund joins HSI in a joint venture to acquire stakes in two premium Hilton properties in Rio and São Paulo, signaling confidence in Latin America's luxury recovery.
Agoda leads Booking's B2B push: what it means for hoteliers
Read → Booking Holdings restructures its B2B strategy with Agoda's CEO at the helm. A signal that the giant is doubling down on direct partnerships with independent properties.
Where travel tech money actually flows
Read → Skift launches a quarterly Capital Allocation Brief mapping mergers, venture capital, and financial moves across travel. Required reading to understand where investors are betting.
Novastar snaps up Langham Eastbourne
Read → Novastar Hotel Group acquires the Langham Hotel in Eastbourne through Christie & Co. The move signals a consolidation trend in the boutique segment where tech-enabled operators are building portfolios.
Hyatt's India Play: Acquisitions Over Organic Growth
Read → The race for India's hotel market is heating up. Hyatt is weighing a homegrown brand and strategic acquisitions to multiply its footprint by five, signaling that scale in emerging markets now favors deal-making over greenfield builds.
Earnings Season Shows Travel Tech's Real Momentum Right Now
Read → Unicorn valuations, Amazon pushing deeper into AI booking, and what hotel operators should actually be paying attention to.
Hotel tech startups are chasing the wrong audience
Read → Founders of hospitality tech companies spend too much energy selling to hoteliers and not enough time pitching to investors. A strategic pivot toward capital markets could reshape how the industry funds innovation.
Engine Buys Options Travel to Build Corporate Booking Tool
Read → Engine, backed by Permira, acquires TMC Options Travel to build its own corporate booking tool.
Minor to manage By Salomon’s corporate hotels in Barcelona and Budapest
Read → Minor Hotels will take over three corporate properties in Europe, expanding its footprint in key markets.
Caesars Q2 wobbles in Las Vegas as Fertitta deal looms
Read → Caesars Entertainment reported a Las Vegas decline in Q2 and skipped its earnings call due to the pending acquisition by Tilman Fertitta that would take the company private.