Airbnb’s Super-App, Expedia’s Acquisition, The Overtourism Reckoning & Why Small Markets Are Winning

Podcast: This Week in Hospitality · thisweekinhospitality

Opublikowano: 2026-05-22

This week, Zach, Ben, and Edwin dig into the race to own the entire trip. Airbnb’s summer release becomes the main event: rental cars, boutique hotels, Instacart, airport pickups, luggage storage, landmark experiences, and aggressive travel credits. The crew debates whether this is finally Airbnb’s super-app moment — or whether the company still can’t decide if it wants to be a homes platform or the best stays platform on earth. That rolls straight into Expedia buying CarTrawler, Booking getting more aggressive, and Meta testing AI-powered trip planning from Instagram ads. The takeaway: whoever owns int...