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Marriott Just Promised 4,500 Rooms Across Eight Brands in Two Vietnamese Cities. That's Not Strategy. That's a Buffet. Every Major Hotel Brand Just Flooded Vietnam. The Owners Who Flagged First Will Wish They'd Waited. A Casino Resort Spent $500K on March Madness Promos. The Real Question Is What the Tech Stack Looked Like at 2 AM. Barcelona Is Killing 10,000 Short-Term Rentals. Every European Hotelier Should Be Watching. Sandals Is Spending $200M to Renovate Three Resorts. The Hurricane Made Them Do It Right. Choice Hotels' 2026 Guidance Is Basically Flat. And Wall Street Already Noticed. 16,000 Keys Across Four Countries. One Guy's Building a Pan-Asian Hotel Empire Most Americans Haven't Noticed. Marriott Just Promised 4,500 Rooms Across Eight Brands in Two Vietnamese Cities. That's Not Strategy. That's a Buffet. Every Major Hotel Brand Just Flooded Vietnam. The Owners Who Flagged First Will Wish They'd Waited. A Casino Resort Spent $500K on March Madness Promos. The Real Question Is What the Tech Stack Looked Like at 2 AM. Barcelona Is Killing 10,000 Short-Term Rentals. Every European Hotelier Should Be Watching. Sandals Is Spending $200M to Renovate Three Resorts. The Hurricane Made Them Do It Right. Choice Hotels' 2026 Guidance Is Basically Flat. And Wall Street Already Noticed. 16,000 Keys Across Four Countries. One Guy's Building a Pan-Asian Hotel Empire Most Americans Haven't Noticed.

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Wall Street Just Told You Who They Think Owns the Guest

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Wall Street Just Told You Who They Think Owns the Guest

OTA stocks cratered while hotel companies surged. The market isn't reacting to AI hype — it's repricing who controls distribution.

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Rav Patel 3 min read · Feb 17