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Booking Holdings' "AI Momentum" Is a $9.1 Billion Cash Flow Machine. Your OTA Commission Check Didn't Get Smaller. Award Shows Don't Build Hotels. The Philippines Expansion They're Celebrating Might. The Hotel Minibar Died 15 Years Ago. Nobody Told the Luxury Brands. A Family Pulled Their Hotel Off the Market. The Reason Is a Succession Plan, Not Sentiment. Disney's Contemporary Resort Deaths Aren't a Disney Problem. They're Your Problem Too. Caesars Is Turning Promo Codes Into Hotel Reservations. Most Operators Haven't Noticed Yet. Disney Cut Five Resort Perks and Guests Are Still Paying $700 a Night. That's the Lesson. Booking Holdings' "AI Momentum" Is a $9.1 Billion Cash Flow Machine. Your OTA Commission Check Didn't Get Smaller. Award Shows Don't Build Hotels. The Philippines Expansion They're Celebrating Might. The Hotel Minibar Died 15 Years Ago. Nobody Told the Luxury Brands. A Family Pulled Their Hotel Off the Market. The Reason Is a Succession Plan, Not Sentiment. Disney's Contemporary Resort Deaths Aren't a Disney Problem. They're Your Problem Too. Caesars Is Turning Promo Codes Into Hotel Reservations. Most Operators Haven't Noticed Yet. Disney Cut Five Resort Perks and Guests Are Still Paying $700 a Night. That's the Lesson.

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Award Shows Don't Build Hotels. The Philippines Expansion They're Celebrating Might.

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Award Shows Don't Build Hotels. The Philippines Expansion They're Celebrating Might.

The Philippines just added eight new property award categories to recognize development beyond Metro Manila. What's actually interesting isn't the trophies... it's what the category list tells you about where Southeast Asian hotel capital is flowing next.

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Mike Storm 3 min read · 3h ago