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After meeting with more than 60 hoteliers over a three-day period at an invite-only event, the next big trend for luxury hotels doesn’t involve guests at all.
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Lotte Hotel is planning to expand its kimchi-related product line by launching Kimchi Stew Home Meal Replacement (HMR) in the second half of the year.
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The swimming pool, which used to be a simple leisure space, is evolving into an immersive content space that combines media art.
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The superyacht cruise ship, dubbed the Four Seasons I, is being kitted out with "sea limousines", luxury restaurants, a cigar room and even a four-story private penthouse suite.
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As the midscale and upper-midscale hotel sectors continue to evolve, operators are facing a crucial challenge: how to remain competitive while addressing the shifting needs of today’s travellers. With an increasing demand for more than just basic…
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Around 7:30 a.m. on a recent Thursday, a sharply dressed man in his 40s strolled into a buffet restaurant of a hotel in Yeouido, western Seoul, with the ease of a regular.
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Part one of this two-part series explores the global landscape for GDS commission shares, which represent tens of millions of dollars in revenue for travel management companies and agencies. A better understanding of gaps by region, country, and…
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Joan Carles Casanovas (Sabadell, 1967) is the new director of the Hostal de la Gavina. He has a long career in the hotel industry and has spent the last ten years managing another iconic establishment: the Hotel Casa Fuster…
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“We’re definitely noticing an Ozempic effect,” the chef Stevie Parle told me recently. He was talking about planning the menu for Town, his new restaurant in Covent Garden. 
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Remember when our social feeds looked like a tabloid magazine cover on steroids? The perfect smile, the perfect sunset. It was all so: fake and, you’ve probably guessed it: people are all over it.
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Hardly a week goes by without the announcement of a new partnership or expansion plan by an international hotel group in India. And that’s not even counting the ambitions of local groups determined to further expand their footprint…
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B&B HOTELS is set to complete its first hotel using modular timber construction in Neustadt in Holstein by autumn 2025…
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The US hotel market is in the grip of a full‑blown conversion boom - and investors are here for it. Rising construction costs, tight zoning and a thirst for speed to market have pushed brand‑to‑brand and adaptive‑reuse projects to the front of deal…
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As more people travel alone, hotels are redesigning spaces, enhancing safety, and adding social features to better serve solo guests.
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Free toiletries and tea bags aren't the only perks of staying in a hotel - this traveller uncovered a benefit that can be a holiday life-changer.
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Let’s not kid ourselves, brands need owners. This realisation has come to the market as ownership of hotels by the big flags has faded away as they have gone asset light, whilst the number of available brands has soared…
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The School of Hotel and Tourism Management (SHTM) of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) is delighted to announce that Mr William HEINECKE, Founder and Chairman of Minor International PCL, was inducted into the SHTM Gallery of Honour on 16…
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A weaker dollar and the lack of major sporting events is placing pressure on room rates.
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