Travel and expense (T&E) policies are having a heyday as travel managers update their policies to better align with business objectives. The updates have two main impetuses: a resurgence of business travel, as reported in a Mastercard...
In the second article in this three-part series exploring luxury hotels and how a ‘sense of place’ help differentiate a luxury hotel and build loyalty, Suzanne Godfrey, consultant and lecturer in luxury and luxury hospitality, examines...
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is expected to deliver 320,000 new hotel rooms – with a development cost of US$37.8 billion – by 2030 as part of its unprecedented investment in infrastructure, tourism transformation and real estate,...
Condé Nast Traveller US, UK, Spain, India, and Middle East jointly announce their annual Hot List, crafted by our global team of editors, who spent the past year visiting and vetting the honorees. This carefully curated list is CNT’s...
SiteMinder, the name behind the only software platform that unlocks the full revenue potential of hotels, has announced that its ecosystem has expanded to over 2,150 partners, cementing the ecosystem as the largest within the global...
Mews Unfold 2024 takes place on 29th May at Amsterdam’s stunning Muziekgebouw. It’s a day of hospitality innovation, designed to inspire hoteliers in the pursuit of remarkable hospitality.
It is the Global Sustainable Tourism Council (GSTC) global conference in Stockholm, Sweden, tune in as for a conversation between Jahanzeeb Ahmed, Chief Commercial Officer & Co-Founder of BeCause and Dr. Willy Legrand, Professor at the...
It’s not surprising hotel construction is often a demanding and exciting process, as hotels need to have the comfort of a home and the durability for heavy usage of a restaurant on the scale of an office building. In the dynamic realm of...
The Cendyn World Tour kicked off in New York City, Tuesday 23rd April, as part of a ten-date globetrotting adventure of innovation, connection, and industry transformation with leading technology partners.
Global Hotel Alliance (GHA), the world’s largest alliance of independent hotel brands, is celebrating its 20th anniversary by launching a new report revealing the perceptions, preferences and priorities of today’s travellers, leveraging...
IHG Hotels & Resorts (IHG) announced today that its IHG One Rewards mobile app has won in three categories at the 28th Annual Webby Awards, taking home the People’s Choice Webby Award for Best User Experience and People’s Choice and...
Hyatt Hotels Corporation (NYSE: H) announces that World of Hyatt is offering members new access to earn and redeem at a collection of more than 700 boutique and luxury hotels and villas around the globe with Mr & Mrs Smith, the luxury...
STR’s global "bubble chart" update for the four weeks ending 6 April 2024 shows 60% of markets with year-over-year growth in revenue per available room (RevPAR). That volume was noticeably less than the 77% of markets with growth in our...
The leading global hospitality and travel technologies provider HotelRunner has been selected as Booking.com’s Premier Connectivity Partner for 2024. HotelRunner has proudly received this significant accolade from Booking.com for the...
Our clients typically want to understand the current and past trends of the lodging industry and how it may impact their project or its ownership structure and overall financial performance. To this point, Grey Hospitality has collected...
Premier, an end-to-end architecture, design, procurement, project management, and development firm, is proud to announce that Derek Weaver has been promoted to the role of Vice President of Project Management and Estimating. Having...
Hotels will now have access to advanced analytics and business intelligence following the new integration between HotelIQ and apaleo. The partnership brings together apaleo’s open hospitality platform with HotelIQ’s cloud-based...
In a recent conversation I had with an asset manager who was underwriting a hotel in the metro Atlanta area, it was determined that for each incremental 50k of profit achieved, the hotel asset value went up approximately 600k. Imagine if...
I was talking to a friend the other day. He purchased an expensive new car just eight months ago. Unfortunately, the car turned out to be a “lemon,” and he has taken it back to the dealer multiple times for various problems. The car has...
Premier, an end-to-end architecture, design, procurement, project management, and development firm, is pleased to announce that Corina Heizer has been appointed as the firm’s new Vice President of Procurement. With more than 15 years of...
With close to 50 hotels in the pipeline, IHG® Hotels & Resorts, one of the world’s leading hotel companies, will double its operating portfolio in India in next 5 years. The company recorded strong signing performance in 2023 with 13...
A survey by Marriott Bonvoy, the award-winning travel program of Marriott International, has found that a majority of Gen Zs and Millennials in Asia Pacific excluding China (APEC) prefer the simplicity of belonging to one comprehensive...