These Hospitality Execs Know Who Belongs at the Table
Inside is a new membership app that offers comp meals and discounted hotel stays to a curated crop of "culture shifters."
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Travel firm ads banned over misleading ‘eco’ hotel claims
Thomas Cook, loveholidays and DialAFlight ads all broke advertising rules by using terms such as ‘Eco Resort’, ‘Eco Hotel’ and ‘eco-conscious resort’.
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What Happens When Influencers Find Your Favorite Hotel?
A luxury hotel’s greatest asset is the one thing it increasingly struggles to advertise: privacy.
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Why Marriott is turning hotel rooms into showrooms
Marriott is deploying a new e-commerce strategy with destination-specific drops, selling the same decor and furniture found in its hotels as customers continue to impulse-buy based on travel experiences…
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Claridge’s First Book Shows How It Became the Grand Dame of London Hotels
The famed locale just announced its first authorized biography. The ultimate insider’s guide to Claridge’s is finally here.
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Channel 4 Unveils New Hospitality Series Fred's Ultimate Hotels
Channel 4 has commissioned Fred's Ultimate Hotels, a new factual entertainment series that follows renowned hospitality expert Fred Sirieix as he travels the world exploring some of the planet's most luxurious hotels—and stepping behind the scenes…
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The Media Mention Is Now a Distribution Channel—Is Your Hotel Treating It That Way?
Lighthouse research finds 82% of AI hotel recommendations draw from OTAs and editorial media, meaning press coverage in outlets like Condé Nast Traveler now directly drives booking visibility, not just brand awareness…
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If You’re Selling to Hotels, You’re Probably Doing It Wrong
Industry expert explains why vendors fail at hotel sales: they pitch to people without authority, lead with features over business problems, and ignore hospitality's complex decision hierarchy.
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Who needs PR in the age of AI: can’t ChatGPT just do it all for me?
Becca Krug, client services director at Davies Tanner, assesses the strategic role AI should and shouldn’t play in a hotel’s marketing and PR activity.
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Hotels are getting rid of proper bathroom doors and guests are revolting
First they came for the closets. Then they took the bath tubs. Now, hotels are stripping away the only thing separating us from the animals: the bathroom door.
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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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Travelers, beware: Netflix just killed the ability to cast content from your phone to TVs
For years, the ritual was simple: Check into your hotel room, connect your phone to the Wi-Fi, and tap a single button to beam the latest season of Stranger Things directly to the TV. It was a relatively frictionless way to bypass clunky hotel…
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Australian travellers looking to stretch their holiday budget a little further have a new loyalty program to keep an eye on – one that’s built on the idea of not being loyal at all.
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Radisson Hotel Group launches Creator Hub
Radisson Hotel Group has unveiled Creator Hub, a dynamic new platform designed to connect nano content creators with Radisson Hotels & Resorts around the world…
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China restaurant features villains from martial arts novel who cook using kung fu techniques
Eatery decorated in style of ancient Chinese gardens also puts on daily stage performance in bid to steal a march on business rivals
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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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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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