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CEO Spotlight: Teresa Mackintosh of Aven Hospitality Aven Hospitality's Teresa Mackintosh discusses the company's priorities, industry challenges and balancing investor and hotelier needs.

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Latest News Trip.com Group sees growth from inbound travel The company increased net revenue in Q4 2025 by 21% to $2.2 billion, attributed to travel demand. For the full year, net revenue increased to almost $9 billion. Read More S4BT adds HotelHub to deliver integrated corporate hotel offering for TMCs HotelHub brings the group's portfolio to eight corporate travel brands. Read More Uber unveils autonomous solutions business Uber Autonomous Solutions is focused on three areas: infrastructure, user experience and fleet operations. Read More AI is changing travel companies' hiring mindset Travel industry stakeholders weigh in on how AI is changing hiring thought processes. Read More

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Trending Stories Amadeus acquires AI-driven corporate travel startup SkyLink Amadeus said the acquisition will help it scale its AI efforts, and it plans to add SkyLink's conversational technology to its existing tools.  Read More Accessible tourism platform Wheel the World closes $11M Series A round The round includes $3.5 million in fresh capital.  Read More Bounce expands luggage storage network with acquisition of Nannybag Bounce said the acquisition is part of its vision to create more flexibility for travelers by expanding its European network and partner base.  Read More 'Something out of nothing': How hotel ancillary tech is transforming the stay experience As pressure mounts to increase revenue and average daily rates hit a ceiling, hotels are branching out into ancillaries.   Read More

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Recent travel metasearch news Kayak CEO, co-founder Steve Hafner steps down Chief AI officer or CTO? Travel's evolving executive playbook Trivago turns a corner with strong 2025 results CEO Spotlight: Wendy Olson Killion of Rome2Rio Tripadvisor confirms job cuts, restructuring to focus on experiences 3 innovators on reinvention, AI and metasearch's second act Kayak rolls out AI Mode for travel search CEO Spotlight: Bryan Batista of Skyscanner

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