Why London Hotels Are Switching to Dynamic Pricing
London is an unusually difficult city in which to set a hotel room rate and leave it alone. Demand does not simply rise in summer and fall in winter…
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Seoul certifies hotels for recovering international patients
Long drawn by Seoul’s reputation for world-class specialized medical care, cutting-edge cosmetic procedures and advanced health screenings, hundreds of thousands of international patients fly into the city each year…
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The world’s two largest hotel brands are both Chinese
But scale at home doesn't yet prove they can win abroad.
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Can Hoteliers Ever Achieve Zero Rate Leakage?
For years, the hospitality industry has treated rate leakage as the ultimate enemy, hotels invest in rate-shopping tools, stricter contracts, parity monitoring, distribution audits and endless investigations…
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How to Evaluate a Hotel Acquisition in Riyadh: A Step-by-Step Case Study for Investors
Let’s be honest: When an owner hands you a brochure for a 150-key hotel, built in 2023, with a 'local brand' tag and a SAR 100 million price tag, two things usually happen.
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150 million foreign visitors are checking into China’s budget hotels
A manager at an ibis hotel in Zhangjiajie says that going to work these days feels a little like “walking into the United Nations.”
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Robots are asking for tips. But who actually gets the money?
Machines are sticking out their digital palms. Your reaction could help shape the future of the service industry.
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Who Is Paying for This Wave of Luxury Hotel Investment
This article asks only two financial questions: who is supplying the capital for the current wave of luxury hotel investment, and who absorbs the loss when returns fall short…
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Hotel robotics leader wins Marroit and Atour as clients—but still can’ t turn a profit
Gross margins on hardware keep getting squeezed, even as R&D and sales expenses continue to climb.
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Travel agencies grew hotel bookings twice as fast as the OTAs
Commissionable room nights rose 11.8% in the first half. The commission per night rose 0.8% — everywhere else in distribution, growth is the thing that gets repriced
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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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Flyfi Launches Hotel Booking Platform With Cryptocurrency Payments and No Account Registration
Privacy-first travel platform debuts with dedicated hotel packages for Token2049, Singapore and Devcon 8 in Mumbai, letting attendees book and pay for accommodation straight from their wallet.
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For decades, a hotel’s value was explained mainly by three factors: location, category, and operating results. Although these elements remain fundamental, the reality of today’s hotel market is far more complex…
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Rocco Forte Hotels teams up with Sion to revolutionize how travel advisor commissions are paid
The hotel group is the first luxury brand to adopt the new commission platform, reinforcing its commitment to the travel advisor community.
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If I Had 30 Days to Turn Around a Hotel, Here’s Exactly What I’d Do
Someone asked me recently what I would do if I had just 30 days to improve a hotel’s performance. It is a question I have thought about a lot over the years because the answer gets to the heart of any effective hotel turnaround strategy…
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NYU IHIF 2026 Takeaways: Optimism, Smarter Growth and the Women Leaders Reading the Market
At the 48th Annual NYU International Hospitality Investment Forum, hospitality leaders pointed to resilient demand, renewed transaction activity, repositioning opportunities and practical AI as signs of a more disciplined growth cycle ahead…
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America is already losing the World Cup for hotel bookings
The World Cup starts later this week. U.S. hotels are already in last place.
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Mass data breach on over 100 Dutch hotels hits guests
People with hotel reservations in the Netherlands are being sent convincing fake payment requests by criminals who have obtained their booking details, after a data breach that has hit at least 100 hotels…
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