World’s first robo-staffed hotel on the way
Robots’ production in technology powerhouse Shenzhen is highly efficient and is of top quality. And, robots will soon be walking into hotels – as servants.
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Mahjong clinics and retreats are growing at hotels
At luxury hotels across the country, a new kind of evening activity is appearing alongside winetastings and wellness classes…
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Rooms with a pulse: Bus Palladium, Paris’s historic night club-turned-boutique stay
The Studio KO-designed hotel’s past life as a concert hall in Paris nightlife district Pigalle has played a central role in its transformation into a music-lover’s hotel.
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There is one subtle detail that unites the world’s finest hotels: the ability to turn the impossible into an experience. It is not merely a matter of comfort, elegance, or impeccable service…
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Love the scent of your luxury hotel? Buy a bottle and take it home
Luxury travel has a new currency: feeling. Destination still matters but so does the sensation that lingers long after departure. Emotion, not acquisition, now defines the modern travel experience, and hotels are extending that connection beyond…
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How the Met Gala’s Go-To Hotels Prepare for the Big Event
Over 200 cups of coffee are brewed at the Mark Hotel on the day of the Met Gala. It’s the hottest commodity at the hotel when the flurry of first-Monday-in-May activity descends on New York. For the Upper East Side mainstay, that means about 48 cups…
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Biohacking To Business Travel: Hospitality As Longevity Laboratory
Longevity has become a $4.6 trillion conversation. But so far, much of it has been happening in the wrong rooms. Cryogenic chambers. Extreme fasting retreats. $2,000-a-night wellness clinics. Supplements with Latin names and price tags to match. The…
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AI on Australian travel company website sends tourists to nonexistent hot springs
An AI-generated blog on a tour company’s website has landed tourists in hot water — and not the kind they were looking for — after it emerged the “tranquil” northern Tasmania hot springs it recommended don’t actually exist…
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Congratulations and/or apologies to Hotel Stella Montis
An Italian hotel sharing a name with an Arc Raiders map is enjoying a flood of 5-star reviews from players praising the loot in its 'surprisingly charming' Seed Vault and its 'eventful' Night Raid nightlife…
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Make Your Family Trip to Japan Stress-Free with Celestine Hotels Parent Time Service
Mitsui Fudosan Hotel Management has rolled out a new service aimed at enhancing the travel experience for international families visiting Japan. The service, Parent Time, is designed to cater to the needs of parents traveling with children…
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What to expect from hospitality and travel technology in 2026
2026 will be defined by two forces: frictionless travel experiences and the industry’s struggle to keep up with AI‑driven change. The hotel industry needs to move from fragmentation to a unified system, but the speed of AI innovation is creating…
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Entering the Era of Stagnation: PR and Communications Predictions for 2026
Midas PR founder Dr Karine Lohitnavy-Frick offers a different perspective on the year ahead
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How Stephan Bösch brought Brenners Park-Hotel & Spa back to life after its renovation
How do you breathe new life into a place where history lingers in every corner? Monocle sits down with Stephan Bösch – the new managing director of Brenners Park-Hotel & Spa in Baden-Baden, southwestern Germany – as the retreat emerges from the most…
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Delivering The “Vibe” Of Hospitality Requires E.P.I.C. Qualities
In addition to being arguably the most used word by younger generations as an adjective, adverb, and noun, the word “epic” is also the name of a new Orlando theme park, an International ski pass, the maker of popular video games, and a company…
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The 'demanding' influencers who have become every five-star hotel's worst nightmare
The UK's poshest hotels were once solely the preserve of the rich, the famous and the royal - the wealthy, dressed exquisitely, would glide in and out of such establishments with little fanfare.
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Austria's 300-year-old luxury hotel powered by trees
A family-run inn that began as a miners' tavern in 1567 has become one of Austria's most remarkable alpine escapes.
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Should a Hotel Feel Like a Home?
Our columnist, Rita Konig, has stayed in her fair share of hotel rooms—and has designed some great ones herself.
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R&R at 10: How the way we book holidays has changed
Given how tumultuous the last decade has been, it’s fair to say that the ability of tour operators to adapt to circumstances has been pushed to the limit.
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