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Friday 25 September

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Data & research
Web in TravelIndia / Indonesia / Singapore / Thailand / Philippines / Vietnam / Malaysia

Agoda report: Asia's developers grant AI more autonomy but keep human accountability

Agoda released its AI Developer Report 2026, covering Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, the Philippines, Singapore, Vietnam and India. 53% of surveyed developers already use AI agents in production or broadly, led by Thailand at 64%; the share saving seven or more hours a week rose to 55% from 18% in 2025; 71% expect AI agents to handle most development work within three years, while 79% still require human approval for production deployment. Cost is the top barrier at 28%.

Data & research
Amadeus NewsroomIndia / Brazil / Texas / Italy / Sweden / New York / United States / Chicago

Amadeus Data: Chicago and New York Marathons Lift Air and Hotel Demand

Amadeus Travel Intelligence data shows rising air and hotel demand around the October Chicago Marathon and November New York Marathon. Domestic air bookings rise 13% for Chicago and 45% for New York in race weeks. Chicago race-weekend hotel occupancy is 85.9% at an ADR of $364, up 1.8% and 10.2% year on year; New York occupancy is 58.1%, down 0.7%, while ADR rises 12.4% to $369. International source markets including India, Brazil, Sweden and Italy grow, while Texas and the Sunbelt lead domestic growth.

OTA / TMC
Agoda NewsroomAsia / India / Indonesia / Taiwan / Thailand / South Korea

Agoda maps six Asian music-festival destinations

Agoda released a list of six Asian music-festival destinations: Mumbai, Taipei, Busan, Ko Pha Ngan, Uluwatu in Bali and Chonburi. Agoda said global dance events are expanding rapidly across Asia and that superfans will cross borders for a weekend set, a trend in which the line-up determines the destination. Andrew Smith, Senior Vice President, Supply at Agoda, said the line-up has become the destination, and Agoda is also partnering with Eurovision Asia as its Official Travel Partner.

Hotels
IHG NewsroomUttarakhand / India / Ramnagar

IHG and UHM sign Garner Hotel Jim Corbett in India

IHG has signed Garner Hotel Jim Corbett with United Hospitality Management (UHM) India, Garner's sixth signing in India. Located in Ramnagar, Uttarakhand, near Jim Corbett National Park, the 50-key hotel will be owned by Victorian Corporation and managed by UHM India, with opening scheduled for Q2 2027. Garner has reached 100 open hotels worldwide since its 2023 launch.

Hotels
Hospitality TechnologyCanada / North America / India / United States / Chennai

Starbucks Bets on In-House Tech, to Shutter 250 Stores

Starbucks plans to open a technology hub in Chennai, India, in fiscal year 2027, gradually bringing work currently performed by third-party service providers in-house to gain more direct control over technology. Separately, as part of its Back to Starbucks plan, the company will close 250 locations in North America this week, about 1% of its more than 18,000 North American coffeehouses. Starbucks said it carefully reviewed its North America portfolio and identified locations where it cannot consistently deliver the desired experience for customers and partners or where it sees no path to acceptable financial performance. More than 1,000 coffeehouses across the U.S. and Canada have been rede…

Thursday 24 September

2 updates
OTA / TMC
Web in TravelIndia / Taiwan / Singapore / Japan / Thailand / Hong Kong / Malaysia

Trip.Biz launches Agent ONE; India travel market grows just 1% in 2025

Trip.Biz, Trip.com Group's business-travel arm, unveiled its Agent ONE AI suite at the Transform 2026 summit in Singapore, comprising planning, booking, approval and insight agents, claiming it cuts average booking time from about 45 minutes to 2 minutes and approval waits from over an hour to under 3 seconds. Meanwhile, a Phocuswright report shows India's travel market grew just 1% to $41.7 billion in 2025, with a 13% rebound to $47.2 billion expected in 2026. Cloudbeds and Klook launched a two-way distribution integration, and WTTC, JATA and Tourism EXPO Japan signed an MOU.

Hotels
Skift FeedChina / Asia-Pacific / India / Vietnam

Accor Bets on Asia With Market-Specific Expansion Strategies

Accor is not pursuing a single Asia strategy but several market-specific expansion models. In China, the hotel giant is leaning on H World to help double its footprint to 1,600 hotels. In India, it is looking for new partners. In Vietnam, major developers are driving an unexpected surge in signings. Across the region, conversions and franchising are increasingly helping Accor tap into existing hotel supply. Duncan O'Rourke, Accor's CEO for Middle East, Africa and Asia Pacific, said China, India and Vietnam are very big for the company, but the development models to capture those opportunities are markedly different.

Wednesday 23 September

1 updates
Policy & visas
Skift FeedIndia / Mumbai

India Weighs Pros and Cons of Letting Airport Operators Own Airlines

India's Civil Aviation Minister K. Rammohan Naidu said the government is weighing the pros and cons of allowing airport operators to own airlines, but has yet to make a decision. The issue emerged after Adani Airport Holdings sought a waiver from the Airports Authority of India from restrictions that prevent the operator of Mumbai Airport from holding more than a 10% stake in a scheduled airline.

Tuesday 22 September

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Friday 18 September

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Thursday 17 September

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Wednesday 16 September

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Tuesday 15 September

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Monday 14 September

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Friday 11 September

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Thursday 10 September

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Monday 7 September

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Friday 4 September

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Thursday 3 September

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