Hilton chases the urban compact hotel market with Yotel deal
Marriott did It. IHG did It. Now Hilton is getting into the market of efficient, buzzworthy urban hotels with a new agreement with Yotel.
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World Liberty Financial ("WLFI") today announced plans to tokenize loan revenue interests in Trump International Hotel & Resort, Maldives, in partnership with Securitize, Inc., a platform for tokenizing real-world assets, and DarGlobal PLC (LSE…
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From Singapore Slings to Smoking Jackets: Raffles Hotels Launches Ready-to-wear Line
Long synonymous with the Singapore Sling and grand hotel glamour, Raffles Hotels and Resorts is now translating its signature style to the wardrobe.
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For years, hotel digital marketing optimization was largely an engineering problem with a predictable playbook: feed conversion signals into ad platforms, refine audiences and bidding, attribute outcomes across touchpoints and scale spend where…
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Facing poor demand, hotels offer bargain deals to draw holidaymakers
Facing lower occupancy due to high-season sticker shock, hotels across Türkiye have rolled out aggressive discount campaigns in a bid to lure local vacationers. Some establishments are offering discounts of up to 30 percent, while others have…
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From hashtag to hotel room: The evolution of the social food chain
What do a Saudi influencer-turned-travel agent, a Singaporean AI virtual girl named Rae, and a hashtag with 30 billion views have in common?
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Women Travelers in Asia Shaping Hospitality Trends in 2025
A new Agoda survey outlines shifting travel preferences among women travelers in Asia, including a rise in cultural exploration, family trips, and solo travel.
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New study: If You Spend $89 on OTA Commissions, Your Hotel's Occupancy Will Be 100%
According to research undertaken by Cornell University’s School of Hotel Administration in February 2025, hotels see strong financial returns from commissions paid to the OTAs.
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Take a break, take a new hotel brand
James Bland, managing director of BVA BDRC, discusses why the hotel sector is unlikely to suffer from brand fatigue any time soon.
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7 hotel industry trends to keep on the radar for 2025
The hotel industry is poised for significant shifts in 2025, with private- equity (PE) firms continuing to play a prominent role in hotel asset acquisitions. As economic conditions evolve, emerging trends in experiential travel, asset positioning…
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Is social media a viable distribution channel in hospitality?
According to Skift’s State of Travel 2024, social media is the preferred online source for trip planning for 32% of travelers, ahead of official sites, Google, review sites, travel influencers, offline sources like friends and family, etc. Stelico…
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Is Simone Puorto the John Titor of Hospitality? 10 Predictions That Might Prove It
The hospitality and tech industries are navigating a liminal space where the boundaries between human and artificial are increasingly blurred. Generative AI, hyper-personalization, and digital workers are not merely disrupting established norms but…
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Gordon Ramsay to cater F1’s pit garage hospitality offering at 10 races
Celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay has signed a partnership with Formula 1 to supply food for the championship’s pit garage hospitality suites at 10 2025 races.
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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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Hotel Sales Training Lessons Learned From A Top-Tier Real-World Practitioner
While being a sales trainer for a diversity of lodging providers certainly keeps me in touch with what’s going on in the profession of hotel sales these days, I always capitalize on every opportunity to gain insights from real-world practitioners…
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