Bad actors: How to protect your hotel against cyber threats
Hospitality leaders know the industry thrives on delivering seamless experiences and building guest loyalty. Unfortunately, the very systems that create positive guest experiences have also become prime targets for sophisticated cybercriminals…
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Amsterdam Hotels on AI Risks: Protecting Guest Privacy with Secure Systems, Ireckonu Warns
In a significant warning to the hospitality industry, Ireckonu, a leading provider of technology solutions for hotels, has raised alarms about the potential privacy risks hotels face when using public AI tools like ChatGPT with guest data. With the…
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Roundtable: Middle East Meets West: The logistics of global design
Hotel Designs gathered leading designers and suppliers at Dedar’s London showroom for a candid conversation on navigating the booming Middle Eastern hospitality market…
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Where hybrid belongs and where it doesn’t
Hospitality education in India has not kept pace with the world it claims to serve. Most institutions still follow a playbook written when the country needed supervisors, not entrepreneurs. The curriculum, the structure, and the metrics we continue…
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The mystery of Sky Marine Hotel: Does it even exist?
Sky Marine Hotel Singapore is a fraudulent hotel listing that has appeared on Google Maps and various online platforms, claiming to be a luxury accommodation facility. The listing presents itself as a seaside hotel with stunning ocean views…
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Adaptable Ascott leans in to new models
The Ascott Ltd…
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There’s A Reason Why You’re Seeing More Hotels With Rounded Shapes
From the sweeping façades of Dubai’s Jumeirah Marsa Al Arab to curved saunas at Austria’s Das Edelweiss, here’s how and why luxury hotels use the power of the curve to shape guest experiences.
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Olga Polizzi, Deputy Chairman and Director of Design at Rocco Forte Hotels
As a new chapter unfolds at The Charles Hotel in Munich, Olga Polizzi, speaks candidly about the nuances of revisiting an existing project, the value of creative partnerships, and the subtle shifts in guest expectations…
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First, I want to thank everyone actively commenting on this hot topic here, only through open discussion can we understand the problem and find real solutions, rather than speculate on trendy terms.
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OYO pioneers use of Google’s Veo 3 technology in Indian hospitality, launches pilot in Europe
OYO has become the first hospitality company in India to adopt Google’s latest generative AI video innovation, Veo 3, marking a significant leap in creative storytelling and personalised marketing.
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Mechanical and semi-automated parking systems offer an alternative to the permanent rigidity of ramps and wide circulation aisles. Systems like stackers or puzzle platforms condense vehicle storage into smaller footprints, freeing up land or…
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A British restaurant is launching the UK’s first water menu
The French are known for their love of fine wines. La Popote, a French-style restaurant in northern England, is no exception.
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How Much Should Hoteliers Be Spending on Marketing?
With the 2026 budgeting season around the corner, the question of marketing investment has once again become front and centre. In a recent Hospitality Net Viewpoint Max Starkov set the stage by highlighting a striking imbalance: while U.S…
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The global wellness tourism sector is on an accelerated growth trajectory, driven by a decisive consumer preference for well-being integrated into travel. Recognizing this transformation, Wellness in Travel & Tourism (WITT) and the Wellness Tourism…
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What next for the hotel lending market?
During the pandemic and its aftermath, there were very few lenders willing to finance hotels. Today things couldn’t be more different. An abundance of different types of finance includes traditional bank loans, debt funds, institutional investors…
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More employees are ‘working from anywhere’. Can hotels keep up?
Mahogany desks in hotel rooms used to be an afterthought and the chair more often used for worn clothes than for business.
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Hotels are the final frontier of an ableist society
It was on a ferry to Bilbao from Southampton, teetering on the edge of a low bunk and sobbing with exhaustion, that I learned the first rule of accessible accommodation. Which is that it probably isn’t. Not for me, anyway…
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Why human-led hospitality still wins in a tech-driven world
There’s an old proverb that says if a stranger shows up at your door, feed them for three days before you ask who they are, where they’re from and where they’re going. And that's a perfect illustration of true hospitality…
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