Bilt acquired travel commission platform Sion for $30M. The price tag hints this is about transaction data, not travel concierge services.
American Airlines Upgrade Offer Clever, Effective, Valuable
American Airlines offered Platinum Pro and Executive Platinum clients a rare opportunity to confirm upgrade space this week. It was clever, effective, and valuable. American Airlines Offers A Limited Upgrade Option For New Bookings I was delighted to receive...
Churchill’s War Office Is Now a $1,000/Night Hotel
Churchill’s Old War Office is now Raffles London at The OWO, possibly the most historically significant luxury hotel in the world. Inside London’s Most Storied New Hotel There’s an incredible opportunit to stay in a building that shaped the...
Virtuoso Survey: Partners Are Bullish On 2026
Virtuoso's latest pulse survey shows travel suppliers and advisors heading into 2026 with rising confidence, strong pipelines, and only 3% pessimism on the partner side.
Net Migration Is Negative, But Read The Fine Print
Headlines say Americans are fleeing in droves. The actual numbers tell a far more nuanced story about who is really leaving and why.
Spirit Has a Bankruptcy Plan But Fuel Prices Threaten It All
Spirit’s bankruptcy exit plan cuts debt by billions and shrinks to 94 planes. But surging fuel prices from the Iran conflict could derail the whole thing. Spirit Airlines has been through a lot. Two bankruptcy filings in under a...
The 737 MAX Wants To Cross The Atlantic, And It May Just Win
Airbus pioneered thin transatlantic routes with the A321 family, but 737s are muscling in with WestJet, Alaska, Southwest, and United. Is this real competition? The idea of flying a single-aisle jet across the Atlantic used to sound like a...
US And Venezuela Just Normalized Relations. Now What?
The US and Venezuela have restored full diplomatic ties for the first time since 2019. Flights are back. But the State Department still says don't go.
Review: Hotel Seville Nomad (Queen Deluxe Room)
The Hotel Seville Nomad, The Unbound Collection by Hyatt, sits in the heart of New York City’s NoMad neighborhood, one of the most walkable and vibrant districts in Manhattan. Location The hotel is tucked along a quiet stretch of...
Unpopular Opinion: I’m Not Outraged By Hyatt Award Increases
Hyatt Hotels increased the cost of award redemptions and while most of the miles and points community is outraged, I’m really not bothered but for practical reasons. Award Changes The headlines in the miles and points community this week...
A Runner Did a 5K in an Airplane Bathroom. Why?
A marathoner locked himself in a plane lavatory for an hour to log a 5K on Strava. Passengers and the internet had thoughts.
MileagePlus Changed the Game. Here’s What’s Really at Stake
United just restructured MileagePlus to punish non-cardholders. The bigger question is whether it will grow Chase card signups or push miles lovers elsewhere. United Airlines announced this week that MileagePlus is getting its biggest overhaul in more than a...
AI Rental Car Scans Produce Questionable Reports, Real Bills
Hertz and Sixt are using AI scanners that automatically flag rental car damage. Customers are getting hit with surprise bills for marks no human eye can catch. If you have been on X this week, you may have already...
Tariffs Are Out: Will Foreign Travelers Come Back to the US?
The Supreme Court struck down Trump’s tariffs, but the US travel slump runs deeper than trade policy. Will the ruling actually change anything? Friday was a big day in American legal history. The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 in Learning...
Book Club Retreats Are Turning Resorts Into Reading Nooks
Book clubs are escaping the living room for resorts. From Moab “glamping” to literary tours, reading is becoming a legitimate motivation to travel. Book Clubs Have Left The Living Room And Headed To The Resort An interesting new trend...
Day Trip: Cannes (Nice) To Monaco
With an extra day after a conference I decided to travel from Nice to Monaco for the day. It was a perfect exploration. I was in Nice, France for the International Luxury Travel Market, the world’s largest travel trade...
LA’s “Hottest” Coffee Shop Is Found Inside Someone’s Home
A viral LA coffee counter runs from a private home, and it raises big questions about safety, access, and whether this model can travel. Los Angeles has never been shy about eating (or drinking) in unconventional places. Taco trucks...
Halloway Bets Big On Private Rail Travel In America, Again?!
Halloway is putting private railcars onto Amtrak, with chef-driven luxury and high design. Welcome to the new era of great American rail vacations. The Return Of Slow Travel, With A Very American Twist For decades, Americans have treated trains...
Hotels: Wellness Is Out, Longevity Is The New Affluent Draw
Juice bars are passé. Ultra-luxury hotels sell longevity with diagnostics, IV drips, and biohacking, and the price tags prove it. Wellness Was The Warm-Up For the last decade, “wellness” in high-end hospitality has been a pretty predictable script: a...
Frontier Airlines Super Bowl Deal Turns Old Miles Into Flights
Pepsi Points never delivered a jet. Frontier just did, with a Super Bowl-season promo that turns forgotten points into a headline-grabbing redemption story. Frontier Airlines just pulled off one of the most entertaining airline promotions in years: it “redeemed”...
