4 Trends to Watch in 2025: The Future of Technology and AI
With a new year around the corner, it’s time to start thinking about what tech trends are coming in the months ahead, 2025 will be interesting.
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Luxury hotels enter kimchi business to diversify revenue sources
More Koreans buy premium kimchi instead of making it
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Hyatt, Hilton, Marriott, and IHG Are Redefining the Shape of Global Hospitality Industry
The global hospitality industry is witnessing a transformative era, with major hotel brands such as Hyatt, Hilton, Marriott, and IHG Hotels & Resorts at the forefront of innovation. These leading brands are redefining the travel experience by…
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Jeremy McCarthy: 2024 marked watershed moment for wellness in hospitality
For three decades, the wellness trend in hospitality has been gradually gaining momentum. Yet, according to Jeremy McCarthy – group director of leisure, spa and wellness at Mandarin Oriental – the industry shattered an “atmospheric ceiling” in 2024…
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Turkiye court jails hotel owner, architect in quake trial
A Turkish court on Wednesday sentenced the owner and architect of a hotel where 72 people died after it collapsed following an earthquake last year to over 18 years in prison.
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Hyatt, Playa enter exclusive merger talks
Already working together in the all-inclusive space, a merger or acquisition would give Hyatt a greater presence in the Caribbean and “add new incremental durable fee streams.”
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Mews Founder Richard Valtr on the Future of Hotel Management and the Role of AI
In a recent interview with Hotel Management Magazine, Richard Valtr, founder of Mews, shared insights into the company's growth and the future of the hotel industry…
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Shimao Cuts Asking Price for Hong Kong’s Second-Largest Hotel
Defaulted Chinese developer Shimao Group Holdings Ltd. has slashed the asking price for a Sheraton-branded hotel property near Hong Kong’s airport by a quarter, according to a person familiar with the matter…
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India’s Tourism Ministry Receives FHRAI’s Vision for Hospitality Skill Development
The Federation of Hotel and Restaurant Associations of India (FHRAI), recognized as the world’s third-largest hospitality organization, has submitted its strategic recommendations to the Ministry of Tourism, Government of India…
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Billionaire property developer Sam Arnaout buys two hotels in Sydney
Sam Arnaout bought the Cabramatta Hotel in west Sydney and the El Cortez Hotel in Canley Heights in a deal worth close to $200 million.
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Developing the brand: The Design Director panel discussion
From free flowing freedom to putting people back in a box, being a design director isn’t all soft furnishings and rainbows when designing a brand, as Hotel Designs found out during a recent panel session……
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Jack Neo & HK actress Amy Yip to open durian-themed hotel in Penang by late 2025
Durian lovers, listen up. Singaporean filmmaker Jack Neo has been appointed Creative Director for an upcoming durian-themed hotel in Penang.
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Hotel strike that shook SF’s tourist industry is one step closer to ending
Just days after striking Marriott hotel workers reached a tentative agreement with their employer, Hyatt workers have done the same.
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Booking refuses to advertise former Selina hotels in Tel Aviv, Mitzpe Ramon
The hotels are run by new operators with no connection to the collapsed chain, but the tourism giant is demanding they settle old debts and is refusing to allow the hotels on its website under the new name Saban…
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Grivalia Hospitality Appoints Natalia Strafti as New CEO
Grivalia Hospitality, a leading investment company in the luxury hospitality sector, recently announced the appointment of Natalia Strafti as its new Chief Executive Officer.
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Striking SF hotel workers reach tentative deal with Marriott, others remain on picket line
A nearly three-month-long hotel workers strike in San Francisco is almost over for thousands of employees, but the fight will continue for others.
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Hong Kong Ocean Park Marriott Hotel’s new Suite of Dreams—a part of its collab with Manchester United—is a dream come true for football fans.
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Shanghai's Premier Hospitality and Design Event: Hotel & Shop Plus 2025
HOTEL & SHOP PLUS, a leading trade fair for the hospitality industry, is set to kick off on March 31, 2025, at the Shanghai New International Expo Centre…
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