Discover Dan’s List, a curated insider guide to Oʻahu’s best food, hidden gems, and local favorites—packed with top restaurants, hikes, activities, and must-try spots for anyone exploring the islands.
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$1M Gifts, $1M Fines, and One Big Management Merger
We’ve got mergers and acquisitions, eye-popping renovation budgets, and a few public meltdowns. Add in new tax policy, fewer airline seats, a foreclosure-first on an illegal rental, and a surprise $1M gift from Airbnb, and you’ve got the kind of newsletter that practically writes itself (oh, how wish😃).
50 Hours in the Air and Still Hungry for a Good Recommendation
After logging 50+ hours in the air, only two films made the cut: the Bob Dylan biopic A Complete Unknown and the Swedish thriller The Glass Dome—rare gems in a sea of plane movies.
AI Gets a Memory—And That Changes Everything
OpenAI’s new memory-enabled GPTs turn AI into a true personalized assistant, opening big possibilities for hotels, from SOP-ready tools to smarter internal workflows.
Junk Fees Rule Goes Live—Ready or Not
The FTC’s junk fees rule takes effect May 12, forcing hotels to display full prices upfront and potentially pay commissions on total rates, ending the long dance around resort fees.
Lighthouse Acquires The Hotels Network
Lighthouse acquires The Hotels Network, aiming to merge pricing intelligence with personalization and direct-booking tools, an ambitious move that could reshape how hotels align revenue and marketing.
Marriott Buys Another Brand
Marriott snaps up lifestyle brand citizenM for $355M, adding 36 design-focused hotels and pushing its 2025 net room growth toward 5%.
Sabre Dumps Hotels to Focus on Air (and Debt)
Sabre exits the hotel tech sector, selling SynXis to TPG for $1.1B to refocus on airline tech and cut debt—leaving hotels wondering what’s next for one of the industry’s most relied-on CRS platforms.
Time to Rethink the Agenda? Travel Weekly Leadership Forum
Travel Weekly’s Hawaiʻi Leadership Forum delivered familiar insights, but calls for fresher voices grew louder as HVCB’s Aaron Salā pushed for regenerative tourism over recycled talking points.
Summer Seats Slippin Away
Summer air seats to Hawaiʻi are projected to drop 7–8% as Alaska pulls flights and Hawaiian backfills, leaving the Islands more dependent than ever on shrinking mainland lift.
