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With deep technology expertise and franchise understanding, Wei Manfredi joins IHG as senior vice president of AI and architecture.
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Butlers used to be people who fetched and carried plates, topped up wine glasses and cleared the table after lunch and dinner.
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Experimental Group continues to grow its hybrid portfolio of bars, restaurants and hotels across Europe
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A rooftop bar can be utilized as a breakfast/lunch space. A breakfast restaurant could be transformed to serve breakfast, lunch, dinner and cocktails and potentially triple the revenue. Constantly re-imagining current F&B space to better serve…
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A growing number of hotel companies are shifting day-to-day management activities from hotel brand managers to third-party management companies.
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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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According to a recent survey conducted by the University of Applied Sciences of Western Switzerland Valais (HES-SO Valais-Wallis), the interest is there, with hoteliers reporting AI can be useful for reservations (68%), marketing (62%), customer…
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In Dubai, your dinner might soon come with a side of source code. WOOHOO, a restaurant that bills itself as "dining in the future", is set to open in September in central Dubai, a stone's throw from the world's tallest building, the Burj Khalifa…
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If you go the Korean way when it comes to beauty, and go à la mode American when you dress up, then why not live like a Japanese when you need to hit the sack for the night or for a few hours? Safety guaranteed, comfort assured, cost won’t burn a…
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The hospitality industry has long been powered by women but it wasn’t until the mid-1990s, when Singaporean hotelier Cristina Ong founded Como Hotels and Resorts that female founders started to attract the spotlight. Women like Rosewood’s Sonia…
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Lifestyle hotel brands have been getting a lot of attention lately – and for good reason and it’s not because they’re the biggest money-makers in the portfolio (in fact, many aren’t).
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We’re halfway through 2025, it’s time to call it like it is and hospitality has seen a lot; some great ideas, a lot of noise, and more than a few flops.
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The terms sharia hotels and halal-certified hotel restaurants have turned out to be a misunderstanding for some lay people. Hotels with restaurants that have BPJPH halal certificates are often equated with sharia hotels certified by DSN MUI…
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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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Big revenue gains, particularly on the F&B side, realized by integrating social environments into public spaces.
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A former camel tender made millions hunting and selling meteorites—then used that fortune to create the dreamy Sbai Palace hotel and organize back-of-beyond camping trips among the desert dunes.
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Collective Hospitality is reimagining the ‘digital nomad’ brand it bought out of insolvency with a new name, a smaller footprint and a goal to partner with a big brand.
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Build or buy, brand or run independent? First Hospitality’s David Duncan offered keen insights into the decision-making process during ALIS session.
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