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This Week in Travel: Pricing Probes, Expedia’s Strong Quarter, Southwest’s Distribution Shift and New Loyalty Perks

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Good Sunday morning from Seattle . . . Our Online Travel Update for the week ending Friday, August 8, 2025, is below. For several weeks now, we’ve all seen and read the many headlines regarding American Airlines planned use...more

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Regulatory Challenges for OTAs in Indonesia, Spotnana's Innovative Booking Tool, and OTA Marketing Records Shattered

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This week’s Update features a variety of topics including the latest on Indonesia’s efforts to regulate OTAs, Spotnana’s new “event” travel booking tool and new record marketing spending by the largest OTAs (no surprise)....more

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Extreme Vacations and Limitations of Liability

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By Jonathan H. Freiberger This Blog has recently written on the issue of contractual limitations of liability.  [Here] Proving that timing is everything, Jonathan H. Freiberger, one of Freiberger Haber LLP’s founding members,...more

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Online Travel Update: Ryanair fights back against scraping of fares while Booking.com's purchase of ETraveli is under review...

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This week’s Update features a variety of stories, including updates on Ryanair’s attempts to stop platforms’ scraping of fares and other content from its website. We will continue to keep monitor Ryanair’s claims against...more

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Online Travel Update: Kakao Expands Ride-Hailing Offerings; Agoda Offers New Payment Alternative; Airbnb Enables New Split Stay...

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Last week’s Update features a variety of stories, including updates on several platforms that we don’t routinely cover – Kakao, Agoda and Trip.com. Enjoy....more

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Online Travel Update: Kayak and Cruise Critic Partner on Cruises; Hopper Reaches $5 Billion Valuation; Travel Management Companies...

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This week’s Update features stories on Kayak, Hopper (again) and Shiji, and includes an important privacy update from California on loyalty programs....more

Spirit Legal

FAQ Elektronischer Meldeschein für Hotels und Beherbungsstätten

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Der Deutsche Tourismusverband hat eine umfassende FAQ zum "Elektronischen Meldeschein" veröffentlicht. Sie wurde in Zusammenarbeit mit AVS und Spirit Legal erstellt und soll Hoteliers Orientierung zur Einführung und Umsetzung...more

Stokes Wagner

Travel for Leisure and Tourism Remains Prohibited Under California’s Stay-At-Home Order

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California recently modified its Stay-at-Home Order (Executive Order N-33-20) as of May 8, 2020, to allow manufacturing and certain retail businesses to re-open for curbside business. This modification of the Stay-at-Home...more

King & Spalding

Cancellations, Quarantines and Closings - Coronavirus Considerations for Hospitality Lenders

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Due to the novel coronavirus outbreak, the hospitality industry is potentially facing its worst crisis since the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. In response to the continuing outbreak, major companies have announced...more

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Opinion: Miami-area tourists will be the big winners during Super Bowl week

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As Super Bowl fans arrive in the Miami area, final preparations are underway from Hard Rock Stadium to Bayfront Park to the Miami Beach Convention Center, and everywhere in between. But it’s the progress over the past decade...more

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OTA & Travel Distribution Update: Booking.com launches standalone flight offerings to travelers across Europe; China proposes...

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This week’s OTA Update leads off with stories about two of the largest OTAs seeking to diversify their offerings through the addition of flights. As each of these travel platforms continues to evolve and seek to add more...more

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Short-Term Rental Update: WeWork nixes Seattle WeLive location; Booking.com shakes up short-term rentals with new star rating...

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Welcome to the latest of edition of our Short-Term Rental Update. You may have heard that Garvey Schubert Barer merged with Foster Pepper effective October 1st. We are pleased to continue to deliver the latest STR industry...more

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OTA & Travel Distribution Update: TripAdvisor continues to defend claims of fake reviews; Booking.com and others create travel...

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Fall has definitely arrived here in the Pacific Northwest. This week’s OTA & Travel Distribution Update is below and features stories on TripAdvisor, Booking.com, Vacasa and the soon-to-be-effective, Strong Customer...more

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Boutique Retail Hotels: Introducing The New Meaning Of “In Room” Shopping

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In this ever changing world, retailers are continuing to invent new ways to highlight their products, provide customers with an interactive experience and to stay competitive. We have previously discussed strategies used by...more

Hogan Lovells

Terrorist Attacks: The importance of adequate security measures at hotels

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Hotels are targets for terrorists due to the likely presence of foreign tourists and the consequent possibility of impacting multiple nations with one attack. We blogged...more

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OTA & Travel Distribution Update – Jan. 6th, 2017

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Our first client OTA & Travel Distribution Update for 2017 is below. Not a lot to report this week, so we will keep the Update short....more

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OTA & Travel Distribution Update – Dec. 22nd, 2016

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Our weekly client OTA & Travel Distribution Update for the short week ending December 22, 2016 is below. This week’s update is brief one....more

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