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Report reveals Canadians wake earlier, stay in nicer hotels and socialize more on work trips, with manufacturing workers among the earliest risers New research comes as Hotels.com launches business travel experience that helps travellers book faster and earn rewards for future trips New Booked for Business Report from Hotels.com ® reveals how Canadian business travellers switch into work mode, what they value most from a hotel and why free breakfast has become the ultimate business-travel perk. More than half (53%) say their personality at work is different from who they are at home, rising to 73% among Gen Z. Hotels.com has launched a new business travel experience globally, designed to make work trips faster and easier to book. Available through the Hotels.com website and app, travellers can now save their work-trip preferences, find business-ready hotels, rebook preferred stays and earn rewards on business trips—all within the same Hotels.com account they use for personal travel.

Upgraded Points analyzed 100 popular U.S. leisure destinations – including beach towns, mountain getaways, resort communities, historic towns, outdoor recreation hubs, and major tourist cities – to determine which offer the most complete accessible experience; from lodging and dining to trails, tours, and public restrooms. "Accessible travel planning takes real research, because truly accessible means looking well beyond lodging," said Keri Stooksbury, editor-in-chief at Upgraded Points. "It's whether an entire town is prepared for a traveler with mobility needs. So we wanted to look at the full picture: where people stay, eat, explore, and everything in between." Methodology Researchers evaluated 100 popular U.S. leisure destinations across eight factors tied to accessible lodging, dining, recreation, and public amenities. Availability metrics were standardized per 1,000 permanent residents using 2026 population estimates. Key factors were weighted as follows: Median price of

Vrbo’s new ‘Built to Stay’ Report reveals the quality standards and trust signals that matter most to travelers 86% of travelers would pay more for a vacation rental with a higher-quality listing, rising to 92% among Gen Z 81% would pay more for a property with strong trust signals: verified, recent, and detailed reviews top the list Today, Vrbo released the Built to Stay Report: The Keys to Winning Travel Trust in Vacation Rentals . The global study examines what gives vacation rental travelers the confidence to book, offering a practical host playbook on the quality standards and trust signals that ultimately seal the stay. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260729268382/en/ Powered by The Harris Poll, the study surveyed more than 1,700 travelers across the U.S., Canada, Mexico, UK, France, Germany, and Australia who have stayed in a vacation rental within the last year. As traveler expectations continue to

Vrbo and Little Free Library team up to bring free beach reads to popular vacation towns nationwide Nothing completes a summer vacation better than a trusty beach read to enjoy on the beach, by the pool, or on a lakefront dock. Today, Vrbo — the go-to place to book beach houses, lake houses, cabins, and condos — partnered with the Little Free Library nonprofit organization and Penguin Random House publisher Berkley to help travelers unplug, unwind, and escape into exciting page-turners during their summer vacations. “Beach reads are an iconic vacation staple. With the explosion of #Booktok and the slow travel movement, consumers have entered a new chapter of reading on vacation,” said Melanie Fish, Vrbo Travel Expert. “Book lovers are intentionally unplugging, planning ‘Readaways’ — reading retreats with their friends and book clubs — and spending entire trips relaxing and bonding over the latest bestsellers.” To bring the summer’s hottest beach reads to the beach, Vrbo and Little

Reisendes foretrukne databaserte trendrapport lanserer nå for første gang en sommerutgave — Unpack ’26 Summer: The Trends in Travel I dag lanserer Hotels.com Unpack ’26 Summer: The Trends in Travel , den siste utgaven av selskapets bransjeledende rapport, som viser hvordan reiseatferd påvirker sommerens reisevalg. Etterspørselen etter innenlandsreiser dominerer planleggingen av sommerferien. Samtaler i sosiale medier om innenlandsferier har økt med 77% globalt sammenlignet med året før, og 47% av norske reisende planlegger en innenlandsreise denne sommeren. *Fra store sportsarrangementer og konserter til reiser inspirert av film og TV-serier, bygger Unpack ’26-sommer videre på innsikten fra flaggskiprapporten Unpack ’26: The Trends in Travel™ for å vise hvor reisende setter kursen i sommer. Hver trend er støttet av førstepartsdata fra Hotels.com® samt innsikt fra reisende og sosial lytting. — Reisingen stopper ikke opp denne sommeren, men den endrer form. Når store globale