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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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Research from Cofense Intelligence has identified a series of Booking.com-themed phishing campaigns targeting hotel chains in the accommodation and food services sector.
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Resort hotels across Turkey have been abruptly shut down after authorities discovered thousands operating without the legally required national tourism licenses. This crackdown has caused significant disruption for visitors, many of whom arrived to…
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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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Bodies found after climbers raised alert over abandoned skis close to Rimpfischhorn summit near Zermatt
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Joan Carles Casanovas (Sabadell, 1967) is the new director of the Hostal de la Gavina. He has a long career in the hotel industry and has spent the last ten years managing another iconic establishment: the Hotel Casa Fuster…
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Even low-risk trips mean bringing bags of Trump's blood, and there's always someone carrying the 'nuclear football'
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The Emergence of the Hallucinated Guest (and no, we are not discussing ayahuasca retreats...). Last week, a client contacted me in visible perplexity: «We received a booking for a two-bedroom suite that does not exist»…
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The $50 room service hamburger wasn’t memorable for its Wagyu beef or truffle aioli. What made it extraordinary was the moment it arrived at 2 a.m., delivered to a jet-lagged executive by John, the room service attendant. With a quiet smile, John…
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A young California man died from the same rare rodent-linked virus that killed Gene Hackman’s wife in February — with health officials discovering rat droppings at his workplace following his untimely death, according to a report…
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Marta Hermoso, the influencer accused of being an accomplice in the robbery of a luxury hotel in Madrid, has found herself at the center of a sensational legal drama that has captivated both social media and traditional news outlets. The case…
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The Roch Dog Friendly Hotel Awards 2026 will be the first scheme of its kind to benchmark international standards in canine hospitality.
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Wayne Lappage loves virtual cards – in principle. “The benefits are huge,” says the global commodity manager for travel and expense at mobility IT systems company Yunex Traffic. “You get enriched data; you’ve got better control in terms of spend…
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Vulnerabilities that can be found with check-in kiosks, IoT devices, third-party service providers must be addressed proactively.
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The earthquake last week is expected to cause Thailand’s tourism sector revenue to fall by 10-15% over the next two weeks, the Thai Hotels Association (THA) said on Monday.
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Four of those killed aboard the submarine that sank off Egypt’s Red Sea resort city of Hurghada were Russian, according to a Facebook post by the Russian embassy in Egypt.
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A new phishing campaign that uses the fake CAPTCHA websites we reported about recently is targeting hotel staff in a likely attempt to access customer data, according to research from ThreatDown.
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Security threats are increasing in the hospitality industry. In the past year, over a third of hotel businesses have reported a rise in fraud attempts, while the proportion of guests concerned about booking fraud is as high as 71%. Among those who…
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