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TLDR: Too Long Didn't Read
18,135 hotels have signed up to drag Booking to court over twenty years of parity clauses, and the commission invoice (naturally) still lands on time. Marriott posted RevPAR up 6.5% and thanked some corporate staff by inviting them to reapply for their own desks, while an intruder spent three years browsing reservation data at Amadeus without once checking out. A U.K. bill hands mayors uncapped holiday taxes, Airbnb put $7.1 million into Los Angeles elections, and Michael O'Leary told analysts a pilot strike would save Ryanair money. Add ADA plaintiffs sniffing around your lobby fragrance, and you have a week in which the best-performing asset class was the lawsuit.