A deep dive into Marriott. Comment on the company's security analyst meeting, at which Marriott revealed progress following the Starwood integration; a focus on quality over quantity; distribution and loyalty programme success; and many more interesting details

Why investors are taking a stake in hotel asset managers - a share of the upside; Airbnb finally admits it is an OTA, and buys HotelTonight; and as more brands are launched, how we should see them as families

Confidence misplaced? A review of the Berlin hotel conference, where industry leaders were bullish - despite looming economic clouds; Accor's loyalty revamp; SACO; and investors move into operations

This week, Irish hotel group Dalata's structure and latest moves; why Booking.com's focusing on homestays, and why its share price dropped; and how Spanish groups Melia and NH are faring

It's results season - we review the numbers, and the CEO comments, from always-busy #Accor, acquisitive #IHG, #Hyatt, and franchise specialists #Choice and #Wyndham

In which we discuss IHG's acquisition of Six Senses, Whitbread's plans for expansion in Germany, and the actions of UK regulators against online travel agents

Takeaways from the Hotel Alternatives conference; why Aprirose is building its own hotel management platform, supported by Kew Green; and Airbnb moves into meeting room bookings

Takeover for Zleep, setting the Scandinavian budget brand up for expansion south; what Accor is doing with its Ibis brand refresh; and why brewer Fullers is selling out of brewing, to concentrate on hotels and pubs

Views on Whitbread and its Premier Inn challenge; lessons as Ryanair trims its wings as it abandons plans to be the "Amazon of travel"; and where Marriott needs to take its refreshed loyalty programme, Bonvoy.

Featuring new European hotel landlord Archer Capital; overtourism and bids by Edinburgh and Venice to launch visitor taxes; and M&C's latest deal with Hilton, creating The Biltmore in London