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Regulatory tightening, changing traveler needs, labor shortages, and hotel succession challenges are creating new opportunities for digital operators.
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The Hotel Looks Like Real Estate – The Risk Lives In The Operation
A hotel can look reassuringly familiar to a family office. There is land. There is a building. There is often a recognizable flag on the sign. There are comparable sales, replacement costs and a capital plan. On paper, it can read like real…
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British Airways' hotel-inspired first class suites to start flying soon
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World Cup failed to deliver economic boost to LA hotels, report says
The 2026 FIFA World Cup failed to deliver the anticipated boost to Los Angeles hotels, with nearly three-quarters of surveyed hotels reporting a negative financial impact and many maintaining staffing levels or making cuts, according to an…
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Hotel housekeeping cross-training: How to support staff retention
Cross-training can improve housekeeping flexibility, but staff retention depends on fair workloads, paid training and meaningful career opportunities.
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In the domestic high-end hotel owner circle, it seems that there has not been a deal rumor that stirs the nerves of the whole industry for a long time except for those related to R&F Properties.
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Failure of Leadership Made a Hotel Sales Cold Call Exercise in Futility
Sales teams must dig deeper to connect, recently, I was the target of a hotel prospecting effort that illustrates how most sales outbounding these days is an exercise in futility, caused by a failure of leadership…
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The world’s greatest hotel is being ruined by influencers
Poule de luxe stalked through the lobby on six-inch spike heels. In her wake shambled a small son and broken wallet of a husband…
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British Airways' hotel-inspired first class suites to start flying soon
British Airways is bringing the experience of a luxury hotel to 35,000ft with private first class suites, restaurant-style dining, bespoke bedding and skincare designed around the body's circadian rhythms…
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5 Of The Juiciest Anecdotes From London’s Most Storied Hotel
“I just adore Claridge’s,” Dame Joan Collins once remarked…
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Hotel Blacklist Launches New Accommodation Industry Risk Assessment Tool
Hotel Blacklist has launched a new free online resource designed to help hotels and accommodation providers identify high-risk guests and prevent potential financial losses, property damage, fraud, and disruptive behaviour. The service, available…
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Europe’s hotel shake-up opens doors for digital operators
Regulatory tightening, changing traveler needs, labor shortages, and hotel succession challenges are creating new opportunities for digital operators.
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Expedia class action alleges hotel pricing rules drove up room rates nationwide
A new class action lawsuit claims Expedia uses hotel contracts and search-ranking tools to stop hotels from offering lower prices on their own websites or rival booking sites.
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Radisson's global HR chief wants to turn internal mobility into a talent-supply model
From cross-functional career moves to six-month general manager shadowing, Radisson Hotel Group is seeking to make internal talent a more dependable source of leadership and business capabilities.
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Soho House founder: ‘Workaholism is as bad as any other addiction’
César Ritz, Conrad Hilton, Bill Marriott, Ian Schrager… the most famous hoteliers in the world were, for years, not British. Then, in the 1990s, we got Nick Jones…
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The Hotel Looks Like Real Estate – The Risk Lives In The Operation
A hotel can look reassuringly familiar to a family office. There is land. There is a building. There is often a recognizable flag on the sign. There are comparable sales, replacement costs and a capital plan. On paper, it can read like real…
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Hotel regulation in Paris, Berlin, London, New York and Barcelona
The rules governing hotel development and operation vary sharply across the five major cities. For investors, those differences can change a project’s cost, timing and commercial prospects.
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As the global hospitality sector evolves to meet shifting traveller demands, Meininger Hotels is navigating this landscape with its unique hotel-hostel hybrid model.
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Gulf hotel expansion hits a pause, but investors stay interested
Hotel operators are adjusting their Gulf expansion strategies in response to regional conflicts and disruptions. Indian Hotels Company is delaying some projects in Saudi Arabia and Bahrain while assessing new opportunities in Oman and Dubai…
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A Pyrenean landmark reopens as France’s highest hotel At 2,620 metres
After nearly three decades out of use, the 1930s Hôtellerie des Laquets has been restored beneath the Pic du Midi. Its 16 rooms promise an overnight stay shaped by altitude, mountain views and one of Europe’s most celebrated dark skies…
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Tycoon Says Taiwan’s Tech Boom Is Filling Up His Luxury Hotels
A surge in travel fueled by Taiwan’s AI boom is driving record results at Formosa International Hotels Corp., highlighting the technology sector’s growing impact beyond the island’s chip industry.
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Hotel groups target Syria for tourism as it rebuilds from rubble of civil war
Several global and regional hotel groups are looking to enter or expand in Syria, senior executives told Reuters, betting that its rich history and coastal destinations will attract overseas tourists as well as Syrians who have long lived abroad…
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Baby boomer retirement impacts mobility trends
The maturation of the baby boomer generation is accelerating retirement rates and impacting workforce mobility trends worldwide, SilverDoor finds.
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Three Top Trends from IHIF NYU 2026 on Disciplined Hotel Capital
The NYU conference as it’s colloquially called is a perennial gathering of the brightest minds and largest capital allocators in hotel real estate. Held annually in New York in the beginning of June, the International Hotel Investment Forum (IHIF)…
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Call for cruise ships to fill Brisbane Olympics hotel room shortfall
A tourism leader has made a bold call to solve Brisbane’s hotel room shortfall ahead of the 2032 Olympics, saying cruise ships could fill that accommodation gap.
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Hotel room booking companies sued by San Francisco for offering ‘no value’ to consumers
If you’re traveling to San Francisco and get an online offer for a hotel reservation, double-check the price, city officials say in a newly filed lawsuit — it may be much more than the hotel is actually charging, with the extra sums pocketed by…
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Spanish hotel chain ceases operations in Cuba under pressure from Washington
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