2026 Travel Reset: Gen Z Maps The Future of Travel, Hotel, Airlines & Rideshare
From how they discover & book to why they love Uber, Delta and JetBlue, here's what Gen Next says about travel in 2026.
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2026 Travel Reset: Gen Z Maps The Future of Travel, Hotel, Airlines & Rideshare
From how they discover & book to why they love Uber, Delta and JetBlue, here's what Gen Next says about travel in 2026.
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Everything to know about the Château de la Messardière (the next ‘White Lotus’ hotel)
And just like that: we have a location for season 4 of HBO's The White Lotus. Yes, it was confirmed this week that Mike White and co have settled on a historic property in the French Rivieria: Château de la Messardière…
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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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Stop using AI to plan your travel itinerary. Talk to the hotel staff instead
The people we walk past in the hotel lobby may be our best local guides
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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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Borough Market vs The TikTokers: Is this hospitality’s Frankenstein moment?
After a food vlogger was kicked out of Borough Market for filming a crumble review on his phone, Hannah Twiggs asks whether restaurants and markets have finally had enough of the social-media generation they helped build – and what that means for…
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OYO pioneers use of Google’s Veo 3 technology in Indian hospitality, launches pilot in Europe
OYO has become the first hospitality company in India to adopt Google’s latest generative AI video innovation, Veo 3, marking a significant leap in creative storytelling and personalised marketing.
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This Escape Hotel in Saudi Turns Your Stay Into a Survival Game
Explore spellbinding escape rooms—from cursed tombs to jungle chaos—at the Escape Hotel. Found in Jeddah and Riyadh, it’s a full-day plunge into puzzles, pressure, and team dynamics.
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Still Pitch Slapping? Let’s Fix Your Hotel Tech Sales in 2025
Why your hotel tech sales strategy is annoying buyers and what to do instead
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Social-media-driven designs are “making everything look and feel the same,” say affluent vacationers
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We, As Kitsch-Lovers, Approve of OLIPOP’s New Retro-Cool Hotel Rooms
I didn’t expect the prebiotic soda brand to sweep me off my feet with a retro-themed rooms, but I’m here for it
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The Shift in Hotel Visual Marketing: Why Emotion, Movement, and Drone Storytelling Are Defining 2025
What trends do I see in hotel visual marketing today? The biggest one is emotional presence. In 2025, guests no longer respond to static perfection — they seek atmosphere. They want to feel what it’s like to be there before they ever arrive…
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The Unfiltered Feed: Influencers Trading Perfection for Authenticity
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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Painful Passion Thrives in Asia: Ita Bags, Ita Cars, and Now… Ita Hotel Rooms?!
A budget hotel in China just turned a standard suite into a shrine for anime fans—and the internet has thoughts.
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What is Hospitality’s Role in an Age of Disruption?
Around 35 years ago, I helped found an organization to promote British excellence and drive business development for the UK’s top firms and today, the group is called Walpole which includes more than 250 members representing the best of British…
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Top 10 Ways to Make Your Hotel's Social Media Stand Out in 2025
Your hotel's most valuable asset on social media in 2025 isn’t the view—it’s the human experience.
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Goddard Littlefair designs Andalusian retreat for Iconic Luxury Hotels
Iconic Luxury Hotels has announced that it will launch a new hotel in Marbella in late Spring, designed by Goddard Littlefair.
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Stay creative: hotels’ artist residencies
Partnerships with celebrity chefs, international designers and starchitects is nothing new in the hospitality world. But a new crop of creatives are finding themselves setting up shop in luxurious suites, as hotels seek to foster inspirational…
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