So, this is how it happens: You go online to book a hotel room, and you think you’re on the hotel’s website. But, without your knowledge, you’ve been sent to a third-party booking site. You find a ...

Hyatt hotels will be added to the GroupSync Marketplace, enabling instant online group bookings in early 2026.

Online hotel bookings offer convenience but come with pitfalls. Travelers often fall for misleading photos, ignore crucial ...

In a pair of posts published to its consumer information and business blogs this week, the Federal Trade Commission warned travelers about the prevalence of deceptive online hotel booking websites. On ...

Municipalities seeking to boost revenues to cover budget shortfalls caused by overspending are setting their sights on online booking companies such as Orbitz and Expedia. Booking hotels online has ...

The 13 July 2016 saw the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) announce that it had sent a questionnaire to a large sample of hotels throughout the UK. As part of a joint monitoring project with the ...

National Geographic Traveler Editor at Large Christopher Elliott is the magazine’s consumer advocate and ombudsman. Over the past 15 years he has helped countless readers fix their trips. Here’s his ...

Booking a hotel seems pretty straightforward, right? And most times it is: Pick a destination, choose your dates, enter payment info and voila, happy travels! However, there are some big blunders you ...

Some further consolidation in the Russian online travel sector. Following last month’s news that Russian travel startup OneTwoTrip had acquired the analytics-driven hotel price comparison site ...