
Reading Time: 2 minutesUS: KAYAK co-founders Steve Hafner and Paul English have launched Lola, an AI assistant for travel, dining and experiences backed by Booking Holdings.

Reading Time: 5 minutesTurkey/Syria: The editorial team at IHM (publisher of Boutique Hotel News) highlight the charitable relief efforts of companies across the travel and hospitality landscape in response to the earthquakes in Turkey and Syria.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteBooking Holdings reported its Q1 results late last week, and though newly booked room nights were down 85 per cent year-on-year in April, the last few days of the month showed improvement. Cancellations peaked in mid-March, and outpaced the number of new bookings in the month of April. Cleveland Research