How Berlin’s housing shortage is reshaping hotel development
Berlin’s housing needs are intensifying competition for land, making hotel conversions, mixed-use projects and demand-led locations increasingly important.
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AHLA, Lawmakers Nationwide Celebrate National Hotel Employee Day, Showcasing Careers in Hospitality
New research highlights the many pathways to advancement and opportunities available across the hotel industry
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Financial Controls - Three Things at Breakfast
Ask most owners where their breakfast food cost problem lives and they will point at the kitchen, the supplier, or the person setting up the buffet at five in the morning. In my experience, they are almost always pointing in the wrong direction…
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Beyond the Rooms View: Deconstructing the Great PMS Debate from the Inside
A closed-door session recently took place on the sidelines of HITEC San Antonio under the Chatham House Rule. It brought together the chief executives of the world’s leading property management systems (PMS) and global hotel group CIOs to openly…
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California police department caught 'passive monitoring' hotel pool
A small California city came into national view this week after a late-night host publicized its police department’s widespread surveillance network and questioned why its cameras had recorded a hotel property and its pool “for hundreds of…
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CMA extends inquiry into ‘suspected sharing’ of sensitive data by hotels
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has confirmed it is continuing to investigate suspected anti-competitive conduct by three leading hotel groups and hotel data analyst CoStar following six months of information gathering…
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Travel agencies grew hotel bookings twice as fast as the OTAs
Commissionable room nights rose 11.8% in the first half. The commission per night rose 0.8% — everywhere else in distribution, growth is the thing that gets repriced
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Hotel investment in Spain hits €2.46bn by June, up 26.5%
Investment in Spain's hotel sector continues to accelerate. During the first six months of 2026, 88 hotel assets and more than 12,000 rooms changed hands, pushing total investment to €2.46 billion, according to Colliers…
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Hotel franchising emerges as a key growth strategy in Africa
Africa’s hotel industry is entering a new phase of expansion, with international brands and local owners increasingly turning to hotel franchising to meet rising demand, improve operational efficiency and accelerate growth across key markets…
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Hospitality Is Losing the First Job That Teaches People How to Work
The UK is confronting two workforce problems at the same time. Nearly one million people aged 16 to 24 are not in education, employment or training, prompting plans to expand work experience and employment support. Meanwhile, hospitality businesses…
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Global Hotel Alliance reports double-digit revenue growth in Q2 delivering strong h1 results
Global Hotel Alliance (GHA), the world’s largest alliance of independent hotel brands, has announced double-digit growth across all key performance indicators in Q2 supporting positive momentum in H1 2026…
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Purchasing & Accounts Payable: The Back Hallway
David Lund explores the often overlooked yet critical areas of purchasing and accounts payable in the hospitality sector, highlighting the need for improved efficiency and transparency in these back-end operations…
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A W Hotel building contractor is hit with another court judgment, this time for $42.4 million
One of the largest building contractors in the United States has been hit by another multimillion judgment as a result of the dispute over the W and Element hotels in Center City.
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Global hospitality leaders identify Angola as promising new frontier for hotel development
During the Global Tourism Forum Angola Investment Summit in Luanda, hospitality leaders from Hilton, TUI, and Radisson identified Angola as one of Africa’s most promising new tourist markets.
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Hospitality Firms Urged to Maximise Apprenticeship Funding Before Deadline
Hospitality firms across the UK are being encouraged to accelerate their apprenticeship plans to take advantage of existing funding opportunities before major changes come into effect later this year.
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New research shows over half of hospitality recruiters are most likely to hire graduates they have a connection to, as concerns about skills gaps in young talent increase.
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Beijing business hotels enter a new price war
On May 21, at the 2026 TravelDaily Digital Intelligence Conference · Beijing, Jason Li, General Manager of Guangzhou Lvxun Digital Technology Co., Ltd., shared the latest insights into Beijing's business travel market in a presentation titled "How…
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Behind The Curtain At Singapore’s Most Ambitious Green Hotel
The Pan Pacific Orchard is an icon of sustainability. But behind the curtain, it’s a struggle to keep a high-rise hotel green. Here’s how they’re doing it.
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